Anne-Laure Viard (born 7 June 1981) is a French

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who has competed since the mid-2000s. Competing in two

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, she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at

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. Viard also won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (K-1 200 m:

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, K-2 500 m:

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). She is competing with partner Marie Delattre.

Gallery

Image:DelattreViardBronzeOlympique.JPG, Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard in Club France on the evening after their bronze medal (Beijing 2008) Image:MarieDelattreAnneLaureViard.JPG, Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard Image:MarieDelattreAnneLaureViardPodium.JPG, Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard at the medal award ceremony of the 2007 championships in

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. Image:AnneLaureMarieDelattre1.JPG, Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard with supporters

References

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* * * * 1981 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics French female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub