Charline Picon

{{short description|French windsurfer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox sailor

| name = Charline Picon

| image = Charline Picon Rio2016.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Picon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

| fullname =

| nickname = Pic

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Royan, France

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.69 m[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/charline-picon Charline Picon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826082953/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/charline-picon |date=26 August 2016 }}. rio2016.com

| weight = 57 kg

| website =

| country =

| classes = Sailboard

| club = Palmyr Atlantic Voile
Club Nautique de la Tremblade
French Navy's Armee des Champions

| coach = Cedric Leroy (national)[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=picon-charline-1110606/index.html Charline Picon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920031538/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=picon-charline-1110606/index.html |date=20 September 2016 }}. nbcolympics.com

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's sailing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|RS:X}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|RS:X}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|49er FX }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Santander|RS:X }}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Aarhus|RS:X }}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Sorrento|RS:X }}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Weymouth| RS:X }}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Kerteminde| RS:X }}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Cádiz|RS:X }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Brest| RS:X }}

{{MedalGold|2014 Alacati| RS:X }}

{{MedalGold|2016 Helsinki| RS:X }}

{{MedalGold|2020 Vilamoura| RS:X }}

{{MedalGold|2021 Vilamoura| RS:X }}

{{MedalSilver|2008 Brest| RS:X }}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Mallorca| RS:X }}

}}

Charline Picon (born 23 December 1984) is a French windsurfer who specialized in the Neil Pryde RS:X class.{{cite web |title=Charline Picon |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/picon-charline-1079606/ |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=8 September 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407021714/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/picon-charline-1079606/ |archivedate=7 April 2013 |df=dmy}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Charline Picon|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/charline-picon-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/charline-picon-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 8 September 2013}} She captured two bronze medals in her respective class at the Windsurfing World Championships (2009 and 2010), and an Olympic title at the 2016 Summer Olympics after attaining a top ten finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |title=Nick Dempsey and Marina Alabau conquer the 2009 RS:X World Championships |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/nick-dempsey-and-marina-alabau-conquer-the-2009-rsx-world-championships |publisher=Surfer Today |date=11 September 2009 |accessdate=8 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917123227/https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/nick-dempsey-and-marina-alabau-conquer-the-2009-rsx-world-championships |archivedate=17 September 2013 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |title=Bryony misses out on podium |url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/afloat/afloatnews/8373265.Bryony_misses_out_on_podium/ |publisher=Dorset Echo |date=6 September 2010 |accessdate=8 September 2013}} As of September 2014, Picon is ranked as one of the top ten sailors in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the European and World Championships and at the Sailing World Cup series.{{cite news |title=Charline Picon titrée en RS:X |trans-title=Charline Picon takes RS:X title |language=French |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Voile/Actualites/Charline-picon-titree-en-rs-x/384288 |publisher=L'Equipe |date=7 July 2013 |accessdate=8 September 2013}}

Picon competed in the women's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing eighth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite news |title=Aussies Malcolm Page, Mathew Belcher star at Championships |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/aussies-malcolm-page-mathew-belcher-star-at-championships/story-fn4pw13c-1226218501721 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130909083318/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/aussies-malcolm-page-mathew-belcher-star-at-championships/story-fn4pw13c-1226218501721 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2013 |publisher=Perth Now |date=9 December 2011 |accessdate=8 September 2013}}{{cite news |title=Perth à haut niveau |trans-title=High level in Perth |language=French |url=http://londres.franceolympique.com/londres/actus/1380-perth--haut-niveau.html |publisher=French Olympic Committee |date=3 December 2011 |accessdate=8 September 2013}} Having awarded a guaranteed slot in the medal race from the opening series, Picon sailed through the final stretch to edge out Italian windsurfer and 2000 Olympic champion Alessandra Sensini and Canada's top favorite Nikola Girke for an eighth spot in a net score of 89 points.{{cite news |title=JO 2012 – Charline Picon (planche): Pas de réponse à la contre-performance |trans-title=2012 Olympics – Charline Picon (windsurfing): "No response to my poor performance" |language=French |url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/une_voile_detail_-JO-2012.-Charline-Picon-planche-Pas-de-reponse-a-la-contre-performance-_39972-2102684_actu.Htm |publisher=Ouest-France |date=8 August 2012 |accessdate=8 September 2013}}{{cite web |title=Women's RS:X |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-women/phase=saw102910/doc=summary.html |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=27 November 2012 |archive-date=13 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913181844/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-women/phase=saw102910/doc=summary.html |url-status=dead }}

At the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, Picon sailed against an immense fleet of windsurfers to pick up a gold medal in the women's RS:X class, accumulating a net score of 27 points, and securing a spot on the French squad to compete for her second Olympics.{{cite news |title=Golden Day For French RS:X Racers |url=http://www.sailing.org/events/isafworlds/38628.php |publisher=ISAF |date=19 September 2014 |accessdate=20 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928232343/http://www.sailing.org/events/isafworlds/38628.php |archivedate=28 September 2015}}{{cite news |title=Planche à voile : Charline Picon assurée du titre mondial |trans-title=Windsurfing: Charline Picon secured the world title |language=French |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2014/09/18/planche-a-voile-charline-picon-assuree-du-titre-mondial_4490001_3242.html8 |publisher=L'Equipe |date=18 September 2014 |accessdate=20 September 2014}}

Picon took up windsurfing aged 11. She is a physiotherapist by education. Until 2006 she competed in the Aloha and Mistral classes, and only later changed to RS:X. During the 2008–09 season she had a shoulder surgery and returned to competitions in September 2009.