Gabrielle Tuleu (born 14 January 1988 in
Chambray-lès-Tours
Chambray-lès-Tours (, literally ''Chambray Lès, near Tours'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department, central France. It is the birthplace of professional association football, footballer Adam Ou ...
,
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...
) is a French sprint
canoeist
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.
Tuleu is a member of Canoe-Kayak Club Tours in
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...
, and is coached and trained by Jean-Pascal Crochet.
France
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at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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in London
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, where she competed in the women's K-4 500 metres, along with her teammates Marie Delattre, Sarah Guyot
Sarah Guyot (born 16 April 1991 in Vannes, Morbihan) is a French sprint canoeist. Guyot is a member of Canoe Kayak Club Tours in Tours, and is coached and trained by Nicolas Maillot. She began to canoe when she was 10, following an elder brother ...
, and Joanne Mayer. Tuleu and her team finished last in the final by more than a second behind the Russian team (led by Yuliana Salakhova), recording the slowest time of 1:35.299.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
1988 births
French female canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for France
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
People from Chambray-lès-Tours
Sportspeople from Indre-et-Loire
Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for France
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