Overview: WOC Teams 2009

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Team France WOC 2009 - 9 runners

Team Overview - Disciplines*

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Philippe Adamski		24th place Qual: 6th place	16th place Qual: 6th place	25th place
2.	Amélie Chataing		31st place Qual: 10th place	32nd place Qual: 10th place	8th place
3.	Mélanie D'Harreville	Qual: DSQ	Qual: 18th place
4.	Céline Dodin	17th place Qual: 2nd place		14th place Qual: 6th place	8th place
5.	François Gonon		5th place Qual: 10th place	DSQ Qual: 2nd place	25th place
6.	Thierry Gueorgiou		medal Qual: 3rd place	medal Qual: 1st place	25th place
7.	Damien Renard	32nd place Qual: 8th place	29th place Qual: 8th place
8.	Frédéric Tranchand	Qual: DSQ
9.	Capucine Vercellotti		22nd place Qual: 10th place	DSQ Qual: 13rd place	8th place

Note! The first 15 go to the final in the qualification races.

Detailed Team information

Philippe Adamski

Club	Kalevan Rasti (FIN) / Azimut (FRA)
Born date	08.04.1985
Info/Biography	JWOC-medalist who has taken the step to seniorelite straight away. Jukola-winner with Kalevan Rasti 2007. Looking for his first top 6 place, and might be a part of strong French relay team.
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Amélie Chataing

Club	IF Thor (SWE)
Born date	08.05.1986
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Mélanie D'Harreville

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Céline Dodin

Club	Halden SK (NOR)
Born date	26.02.1979
Info/Biography	The best of the French runners among the women. From 2008-season she is competing for Halden SK interationally. Finished 16th at the WOC-sprint 2008.
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François Gonon

Club	Paimion Rasti (FIN)
Born date	23.04.1979
Info/Biography	A safe first leg runner who is a very important part of the French relay team. 2007 also on a high level in all diciplines in the World Cup, with three top six-places. Got his indivual break-thru with a bronze-medal on the WOC long distance 2008.

Thierry Gueorgiou

Club	Kalevan Rasti (FIN)
Born date	30.03.1979
Info/Biography	During 2008 he got competition for the position as the biggest star among the men at the moment when Daniel Hubmann won the World Cup in impressing style.. Won five middle races in a row (3 Woc, 2 Eoc) before he missed the podium in WOC 2006. Was back on track in 2007 with gold in sprint and middle, and he was unbeaten in international events the whole season. Even won the European Trail-o Champs in July 2007! Had his breakthru in WOC 2003 winning the middle with almost three minutes. His force is surely his orienteering technique. Training more with a map than any other top orienteer. Has raised the standard of training, and developed French o as well. A role model for French orienteers. His father Michel was junior and senior coach for many years and has a been an important factor in the incredible development of French orienteering and Thierry Gueorgiou. Diffcult name to pronounce, so he is called "Tero Kettunen" in Fin and "Terje Gundersen" in Norway. Started 2008 with a EOC gold on Middle, but has not been dominating as he was last year. First to finish on WC-event 5, but disqualified for missing two controls. Came back with a new middle distance gold at WOC, and almost secured a relay win for the French team. Thierry was leading with just 1km to go when he was stung by an insect and could not complete the race. Lost the WC that season to Hubmann. No big wins so far in 2009, as Hubmann, Merz, Khramov and �berg have all emerged as strong contenders. www.tero.fr
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Damien Renard

Club	Kristiansand OK (NOR)
Born date	20.02.1980
Info/Biography	Made his breakthru with a PWT-win in Italy, a fast runner with great potential in sprint and middle. Also an important part of the French relay team. Has stayed for longer periods in Sweden, but now lives in Norway to prepare for WOC 2010. Won 10Mila with Kristiansand OK in 2008.
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Frédéric Tranchand

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Currently nothing available.

Capucine Vercellotti

Club	SOIK Hellas (SWE)
Born date	15.04.1985
Info/Biography	Winning Tiomila with her team Hellas in 2007. Capucine running the second leg.
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