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Thomas Faucheron (born 23 February 1990, in
Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departme ...
) is a French
archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
. 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, th ...
he competed in the Men's team event and the men's individual event. In the individual event, he was 27th after the ranking rounds, and beat
Witthaya Thamwong Witthaya Thamwong ( th, วิทยา ทำว่อง; born 18 September 1987 in Lampang, Thailand) is a Thai archery, archer. He competed in the Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual, individual event at the 2012 Summer O ...
in the first knockout round before losing to teammate Gael Prevost in the second. In the team event, France were ranked second after the ranking round but lost to Mexico in the quarterfinals. In 2013, he was part of the French men's team that won bronze at the
World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
, alongside Prevost and