Vincent Lecrubier (born 20 September 1986) is a French sprint canoer who competed from 2003 to 2016.
 Lecrubier (front) leading the French K-4 during the 2013 World cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vincent Lecrubier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1986 Rennes, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Kayaking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | K2 500m, K2 1000m, K4 1000m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CKCIR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sporting career
editLecrubier won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.
Lecrubier also finished seventh in the K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
In total, he won 2 Gold medals, 6 Silver medals, and 1 Bronze medal on Canoe World cups along his career, and won 5 Junior world medals. His French team teammates were Sébastien Jouve, Philippe Colin and Guillaume Burger. Lecrubier won 16 French champion Titles, and 42 national medals.
Education
editLecrubier is an Aerospace engineer, graduating from ISAE in Toulouse, France in 2010.
Lecrubier got a PhD in Computer Science from ONERA, the French aerospace lab, in 2016.
Professional career
editLecrubier worked at the French Ministry of the Armed Forces from 2010 to 2012,[1] and at Airbus in 2011.
In 2016, Lecrubier was elected vice-president of the French Canoe Federation in 2016,[2] and co-founded the start-up Sterblue in 2016
In 2017, Lecrubier was awarded the French under 35 Sport and Management award.[3] Lecrubier was also awarded the ISAE-Supero Foundation Special prize in 2017.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Sportifs civils de la Défense, une signature pour 10 champions". 2010-12-10.
- ^ "JEAN ZOUNGRANA ELU PRESIDENT DE LA FFCK". FFCK. 2016-12-10.
- ^ "Vincent LECRUBIER : Lauréat meilleur parcours de reconversion professionnelle SHN". Trophées Sport & Management 2017. 2017-12-08.
- ^ "UN PARCOURS EXCEPTIONNEL RÉCOMPENSÉ PAR LA FONDATION". ISAE. 2017-12-10.
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