Joanne Mayer (born 16 March 1993 in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

) is a French sprint canoeist. Mayer is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Mulhouse-AS Cheminots Riedisheim, and is coached and trained by her father Sébastien Mayer, who competed in the men's kayak four (1000 m) at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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. Her grandfather Albert Mayer, on the other hand, also participated in the same discipline at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

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. Mayer represented

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at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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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

Gabrielle Tuleu Gabrielle Tuleu (born 14 January 1988 in Chambray-lès-Tours, Indre-et-Loire) is a French sprint canoeist. Tuleu is a member of Canoe-Kayak Club Tours in Tours, and is coached and trained by Jean-Pascal Crochet. Tuleu represented France at the 2 ...

. Mayer 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.

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External links

NBC Olympics Profile
1993 births French female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mulhouse {{France-canoe-bio-stub