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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pierre-Alexis Ponsot |
| Nationality |  France |
| Born | 8 May 1975 Granville, Manche, France |
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Keelboat |
| Club | Sport Nautique de l'Ouest [1] |
Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (born 8 May 1975) is a French sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (Star) class. [1] [2] He represented France, along with his partner and six-time Olympian Xavier Rohart at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training for Ouest Nautical Sports Club (French : Sport Nautique de l'Ouest) throughout most of his sporting career. [1] [3] As of September 2014, Leboucher is ranked forty-first in the world for fleet racing and keelboat by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships and 2012 Star World Championships. [4]
Ponsot qualified as a crew member for the French squad in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing ninth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. [5] [6] Teaming with his partner Rohart in the opening series, the French duo delivered a powerful lead in the first leg, but came up short for the podium with an accumulated net score of 86 points and a satisfying ninth position against a fleet of sixteen boats. [7] [8]
