Camille Lecointre (born 25 February 1985 in Harfleur) is a French sailor.
Career
Lecointre competed in the women's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished fourth with Mathilde Géron in that event. She was a bronze medalist in the 470 class 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 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 the 470 category at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, and won the final of the Sailing World Cup in Marseille. 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 2020 Summer Olympics 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 and a daughter born in 2022.
References
External links
- Camille Lecointre at World Sailing
- Camille Lecointre at Olympics.com
- Camille Lecointre at Olympedia
- Camille Lecointre at Équipe de France (in French)
- Camille Lecointre at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Camille Lecointre Kliger at the Fédération Française de Voile (in French)
