Émilie Fournel
{{short description|Canadian sprint kayaker}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Émilie Fournel
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Canadian
| sport = Kayaking
| event = K-1 200m, K-1 500m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1986|10|26}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
| residence = Dorval, Quebec{{cite web|title=COC Canada profile |date=18 September 2011 |url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/emilie-fournel |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |accessdate=July 10, 2012}}
| height = {{convert|1.55|m|ftin}}
| weight = {{convert|59|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's canoe sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Dartmouth|K-1 4 x 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Milan|K-1 5000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold|2003 Santo Domingo|K-4 500 metres}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|K-4 500 metres}}
{{MedalSilver|2003 Santo Domingo|K-2 500 metres}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara|K-1 500 metres}}
}}
Émilie Fournel (born October 26, 1986) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 4 x 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, and in the K-1 5000 m at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.{{cite web|title=Emilie FOURNEL|url=http://zap.norex.ca/bio/athlete/148/|accessdate=10 December 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://canoe2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/Day5_Results.pdf?x=|title=Results Day 5 2015 Canoe Spring World Championships|last=|first=|date=23 August 2015|website=canoe2015.microplustiming.com/|publisher=ICF|page=30|access-date=15 May 2016}}
Fournel competed in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the semifinals, and the K-1 200 m and 500 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Her father, Jean Fournel, competed for Canada in sprint canoe at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Her brother Hugues Fournel also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's K-2 200 metres with Ryan Cochrane.
In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/rio2016/canoe-kayak/canoe-kayak-olympic-roster-1.3654216|title=Canada names experienced Olympic canoe-kayak team|last=Blum|first=Benjamin|date=27 June 2016|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=30 June 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{ICF|emilie-fournel}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|emilie-fournel}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/emilie-fournel-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080223/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/emilie-fournel-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
- {{official website|http://www.emiliefournel.com/wordpress/}}
- {{flickr-inline2|https://www.flickr.com/photos/50036480@N06/}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fournel, Emilie}}
Category:Canadian female canoeists
Category:Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Olympic canoeists for Canada
Category:Canoeists from Montreal
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in canoeing
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in canoeing
Category:Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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