Berengere Schuh


Country
Birth date
Age
13/06/1984 - AUXERRE 
28
Height
Weight
Gender
163 cm / 5'4" 
54 kg / 119 lbs 
F
Sport
SCHUH Berengere

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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
3Team W2008Beijing, CHN
4Team W2004Athens, GRE
10Individual2008Beijing, CHN
43Individual2004Athens, GRE
World Championships
4Individual2011Turin, ITA
8Team W2009Ulsan, KOR
9Team X2011Turin, ITA
9Team W2011Turin, ITA
20Individual2009Ulsan, KOR
European Championships
1Team W2012Amsterdam, NED
4Team W2010Rovereto, ITA
8Individual2010Rovereto, ITA
World Cup Final
3Individual2011Istanbul, TUR
World Cup
2Individual2011Shanghai, CHN
2Individual2009Shanghai, CHN
3Team X2011Shanghai, CHN
3Individual2010Porec, CRO
3Team X2010Antalya, TUR

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Computer Science

Language(s) spoken

French

Club name

Brienon-sur-Armancon Archery Club, Brienon-sur-Armancon, FRA

Coach

Marc Dellenbach from 1999 (FFTA, 09 Aug 2011)

Handedness

Right (FITA, 12 Sep 2011)

Debut

1999 for France (FITA, 12 Sep 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She took up the sport in 1996 at the Brienon-sur-Armancon Archery Club. (FITA, 12 Sep 2011)

Reason for taking up this sport
A friend of her neighbours invited her to try the sport. The friend was Francois Degrange, who quickly realised her ability and became her first coach. (francaisedesjeux.com, 01 Aug 2008)

Training
She incorporates swimming and running alongside shooting training. (FITA, 12 Sep 2011)

Most influential person in career
Her parents, especially her mother, for supporting her through early years when she wasn't sure could succeed at the highest level, and for always encouraging her. (letelegramme.com, 27 Dec 2008)

Awards
In 2009 she became the first French archer to turn professional. (letelegramme.com, 27 Dec 2008)

The team bronze medal she helped win at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was only the second Olympic archery medal ever won by France. (letelegramme.com, 27 Dec 2008)

She was the first French woman to win an individual world indoor championship when she won in Nimes, France, in 2003. (FITA, 12 Sep 2011; radio-canada.ca, 01 Dec 2003)

General
TURNING PRO
She turned professional in 2009, the first French person male or female to become a professional archer. "I won't earn as much as a footballer, that's for sure! But if I don't start to think about finances, I will have to work until I'm 100! But seriously, I am so excited to be able to live my passion." (letelegramme.com, 27 Dec 2008)

CONSIDERED QUITTING
In 2001 she was the sole girl among 12 young archers at France's national youth development program [INSEP] and admitted it was a difficult time for her. By 2003 she had considered quitting the sport after two years of doubting her abilities to succeed at the highest level. But Just weeks before the 2003 Indoor World Championships she won a national title in France which boosted her confidence. She would go on to become France's first female indoor world champion at the 2003 event. (radio-canada.ca, 01 Dec 2003; letelegramme.com, 27 Dec 2008)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004

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