Camille Lecointre (born 25 February 1985 in

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) is a French

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Career

Lecointre competed in the ''

470 class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork i ...

'' at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished fourth with

Mathilde Géron Mathilde Géron (born 24 March 1986 in Sainte-Adresse) is a French sailor. She competed in the ''470 class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a ...

in that event. She was a bronze medalist in 470 at the 2015 World Championships and won the world title in 2016 with Hélène Defrance. Lecointre and Defrance were selected to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics and they won the bronze medal in the women's 470 class. Lecointre and Aloïse Retornaz won the 470 European Championships in 2019 and 2021. They also won the silver medal in 470 category at the 2019 Military World Games in

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, and win the final of the

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. Lecointre and Retornaz were awarded the 2019 Sailor of the Year award by the French Sailing Federation. Lecointre and Retornaz won the bronze medal at the

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in the women's 470 event.

Personal life

Lecointre is married to Israeli skipper Gideon Kliger with whom she has a son born in 2017.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lecointre, Camille 1985 births Living people French female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for France Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 People from Harfleur Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic bronze medalists for France University of Western Brittany alumni Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in sailing 470 class world champions World champions in sailing for France Sportspeople from Brest, France Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime Mediterranean Games medalists in sailing FISU World University Games gold medalists for France Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-century French women