Charline Van Snick (born 2 September 1990 in Liège)[3][4] is a Belgian retired[1][2] judoka who won bronze in the women's 48 kg judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] She also earned a bronze medal at the 2010 European Judo Championships and a silver medals at the 2012 and 2013 European Judo Championships.
Fighting in the –48 kg division, Van Snick was Belgian cadet age class champion in 2006, and Belgian junior champion in 2007.[6] She won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Junior Championships at the age of 17.[6] She won the 2009 European Junior Championships and placed 5th in the 2009 World Junior Championships.[7] As a reward for this, she was awarded the Sports Merit Trophy distributed by the French Community.[clarification needed] In 2010, she won at her first senior European Championship medal, a bronze, in Vienna.[6]
In 2012 Van Snick won the silver medal at the European Championships. On Saturday 28 July 2012, she won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2012 in London. In the qualifying round, she beat the Korean Chung Jung-yeon with ippon. In the quarter-finals, she beat the Hungarian Éva Csernoviczki, also with ippon. She lost in the semi-finals against the eventual Olympic champion, Sarah Menezes to yuko. The match which decided the bronze medal was won by Van Snick against the Argentinian Paula Pareto, after the latter got a second shido.[6]
In April 2013 Van Snick won the silver medal at the European Championships, losing in the final to Csernoviczki.
She won two gold medals at European Championship level, in 2015 and 2016, as well as silvers in 2012 and 2013.[6][8][9]
At the end of 2016, having lost in the second round at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Van Snick moved up to the –52 kg weight division.[6][10] In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[11]
Doping case
editIn August 2013 Van Snick won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. On 14 October 2013 it was announced that Van Snick had tested positive for cocaine in Rio. Van Snick maintained her innocence.[12] On 29 October 2013 it was announced that a hair analysis that Van Snick commissioned by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven's toxicology lab proved negative for habitual cocaine use. Toxicological research proved the presence of 2,3 picogram cocaine per milligram in the hair for the period from 10 August to 10 October 2013, which is 200 times less than the amount in a strain for a habitual user, and a complete absence of cocaine in the part of the hair dating before 10 August.[13] However, on 30 November 2013 it was announced that the official retest also showed positive for cocaine.[14] On 3 January 2014, she was banned by the IJF for a period of two years. Van Snick announced she would appeal the ban with the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS).[15] On 4 July 2014, CAS decided that Van Snick's appeal would be partially upheld. CAS found that the most likely explanation for the presence of cocaine was sabotage by a third party and consequently annulled the two-year ban. CAS acknowledged the existence of an anti-doping rule violation, but declared that Van Snick was not to blame. As the positive test was taken in competition, her results obtained during the Judo World Championships in Rio de Janeiro 2013 remain annulled in accordance with article 9 of the World Anti-Doping Code.[16]
Achievements
editSource:[17]
- 2007
Belgian Championships -48 kg, Hasselt- 2008
- Belgian Championships -48 kg, Herstal
European U20 Championships -48 kg, Warsaw- 2009
European Cup -48 kg, Baar- European Cup -48 kg, London
- European U20 Championships -48 kg, Yerevan
- 2010
- World Cup -48 kg, Sofia
- World Cup -48 kg, Birmingham
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Rotterdam
- European Championships -48 kg, Vienna
- 2011
- World Cup -48 kg, São Paulo
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Amsterdam
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Qingdao
- Belgian Championships -48 kg, Ronse
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf
- Grand Slam -48 kg, Rio de Janeiro
- Grand Slam -48 kg, Tokyo
- 2012
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf
- European Championships -48 kg, Chelyabinsk
- Olympic Games -48 kg, London
- Grand Slam -48 kg, Moscow
- 2013
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Samsun
- European Championships -48 kg, Budapest
- 2014
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Tashkent
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Zagreb
- 2015
- European Games -48kg, Baku
- European Championships -48kg, Baku
- Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf
- Grand Slam -48 kg, Baku
- Grand Slam -48 kg, Paris
- 2016
- European Championships -48kg, Kazan
- 2017
- Grand Slam -52 kg, Abu Dhabi
- Grand Slam -52 kg, Baku
- Grand Prix -52 kg, Tashkent
- Grand Prix -52 kg, The Hague
- 2018
- Grand Prix -52 kg, The Hague
- Grand Prix -52 kg, Budapest
- Grand Slam -52 kg, Düsseldorf
- Grand Prix -52 kg, Zagreb
- 2019
- Grand Slam -52 kg, Yekaterinburg
- 2020
- European Championships -52kg, Prague
References
edit- ^ a b Lizin, Cédric (6 February 2024). "Charline Van Snick ends her career: "Burn-out, post-traumatic stress... I gave up my Olympic project so as not to put myself in danger"". RTBF (in French). Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Charline Van Snick announces retirement from judo". JudoInside.com. 6 February 2024. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Charline Van Snick: site officiel". Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ "Charline Van Snick". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charline Van Snick". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Charline van Snick switches to U52kg starting in Tokyo". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "World Championships Juniors Paris, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Kazan Judo preview U48kg: Csernoviczki and Van Snick rivals again". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Charline Van Snick prolongs European title U48kg". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Belgium's Van Snick signals arrival at U52kg after first Grand Slam win". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Charline Van Snick is betrapt op gebruik van cocaïne (Dutch) Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ B-staal Van Snick negatief (Dutch)
- ^ Ook B-staal van Van Snick is positief Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Charline Van Snick wordt twee jaar geschorst: ‘Absurd’ (Dutch)
- ^ "Judo - The CAS annuls the suspension of Charline Van Snick". Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ Charline Van Snick (Belgium)
External links
edit- Official website
(in French) - Charline Van Snick at the European Judo Union
- Charline Van Snick at the International Judo Federation
- Charline Van Snick at JudoInside.com
- Charline Van Snick at Olympics.com
- Charline Van Snick at Olympedia
- Charline Van Snick at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
- Charline Van Snick at The-Sports.org
