Charline Van Snick

{{Infobox judoka

| name = Charline Van Snick

| image = Charline Van Snick.jpg

| caption = Charline Van Snick in 2016

| nationality = Belgian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|09|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Liège, Belgium

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| country = Belgium

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}48 kg, {{nbnd}}52 kg

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| retired = 6 February 2024{{cite news |last1=Lizin |first1=Cédric |title=Charline Van Snick ends her career: "Burn-out, post-traumatic stress... I gave up my Olympic project so as not to put myself in danger" |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/charline-van-snick-met-un-terme-a-sa-carriere-burn-out-stress-post-traumatique-j-ai-renonce-a-mon-projet-olympique-pour-ne-pas-me-mettre-en-danger-11325124 |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=RTBF |date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206120527/https://www.rtbf.be/article/charline-van-snick-met-un-terme-a-sa-carriere-burn-out-stress-post-traumatique-j-ai-renonce-a-mon-projet-olympique-pour-ne-pas-me-mettre-en-danger-11325124 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |language=fr}}{{cite news |title=Charline Van Snick announces retirement from judo |url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/6406 |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=JudoInside.com |date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209094613/https://www.judoinside.com/news/6406/Charline_van_Snick_announces_retirement_from_Judo |archive-date=9 February 2024}}

| worlds_rank = 3

| worlds_year = 2013

| worlds_weight = Women's 48 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 2015

| regionals_weight = Women's 48 kg

| regionals_year2 = 2016

| regionals_weight2 = Women's 48 kg

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| olympics_rank = 3

| olympics_year = 2012

| olympics_weight = Women's 48 kg

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{{Medal|Country| {{BEL}} }}

{{Medal|B| 2012 London | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Baku | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2016 Kazan | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2012 Chelyabinsk | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2013 Budapest | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2010 Vienna | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2020 Prague | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Guangzhou | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2015 Paris | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2011 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2011 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2012 Moscow | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2015 Baku | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Baku | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Ekaterinburg | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2010 Rotterdam | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2011 Amsterdam | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2011 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2012 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Samsun | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2014 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 The Hague | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2011 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 Budapest | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 The Hague | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2020 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2009 Yerevan | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2008 Warsaw | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

| updated = 21 May 2023

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Charline Van Snick (born 2 September 1990 in Liège){{cite web|title=Charline Van Snick: site officiel|url=http://sites.google.com/site/charlinevansnick/|accessdate=28 July 2012}}{{cite web|title=Charline Van Snick|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/van-snick-charline-1129016/|publisher=www.london2012.com|accessdate=28 July 2012|archive-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103150007/www.london2012.com/athlete/van-snick-charline-1129016/|url-status=dead}} is a Belgian retired judoka who won bronze in the women's 48 kg judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference}} She also earned a bronze medal at the 2010 European Judo Championships and a silver medals at the 2012 and 2013 European Judo Championships.

Fighting in the {{nbnd}}48 kg division, Van Snick was Belgian cadet age class champion in 2006, and Belgian junior champion in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/1754/Charline_van_Snick_switches_to_U52kg_starting_in_Tokyo|title=Charline van Snick switches to U52kg starting in Tokyo|website=www.judoinside.com|access-date=2020-04-07}} She won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Junior Championships at the age of 17. She won the 2009 European Junior Championships and placed 5th in the 2009 World Junior Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/5062/2009_World_Championships_Juniors_Paris/judo-results|title=World Championships Juniors Paris, Event, JudoInside|website=www.judoinside.com|access-date=2020-04-07}} As a reward for this, she was awarded the Sports Merit Trophy distributed by the French Community.{{Clarify|reason=Clarify what this award is|date=April 2020}} In 2010, she won at her first senior European Championship medal, a bronze, in Vienna.

In 2012 Van Snick won the silver medal at the European Championships. On Saturday 28 July 2012, she won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2012 in London. In the qualifying round, she beat the Korean Chung Jung-yeon with ippon. In the quarter-finals, she beat the Hungarian Éva Csernoviczki, also with ippon. She lost in the semi-finals against the eventual Olympic champion, Sarah Menezes to yuko. The match which decided the bronze medal was won by Van Snick against the Argentinian Paula Pareto, after the latter got a second shido.

In April 2013 Van Snick won the silver medal at the European Championships, losing in the final to Csernoviczki.

She won two gold medals at European Championship level, in 2015 and 2016, as well as silvers in 2012 and 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/1284/Kazan_Judo_preview_U48kg_Csernoviczki_and_Van_Snick_rivals_again|title=Kazan Judo preview U48kg: Csernoviczki and Van Snick rivals again|website=www.judoinside.com|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/1295/Charline_Van_Snick_prolongs_European_title_U48kg|title=Charline Van Snick prolongs European title U48kg|website=www.judoinside.com|access-date=2020-04-07}}

At the end of 2016, having lost in the second round at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Van Snick moved up to the {{nbnd}}52 kg weight division.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/2348/Belgiums_Van_Snick_signals_arrival_at_U52kg_after_first_Grand_Slam_win|title=Belgium's Van Snick signals arrival at U52kg after first Grand Slam win|website=www.judoinside.com|access-date=2020-04-07}} In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Judo Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2021|access-date=1 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

Doping case

In August 2013 Van Snick won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. On 14 October 2013 it was announced that Van Snick had tested positive for cocaine in Rio. Van Snick maintained her innocence.[http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/Judo/131014_van_snick_cocaine Charline Van Snick is betrapt op gebruik van cocaïne (Dutch)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016012609/http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/Judo/131014_van_snick_cocaine |date=October 16, 2013 }} On 29 October 2013 it was announced that a hair analysis that Van Snick commissioned by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven's toxicology lab proved negative for habitual cocaine use. Toxicological research proved the presence of 2,3 picogram cocaine per milligram in the hair for the period from 10 August to 10 October 2013, which is 200 times less than the amount in a strain for a habitual user, and a complete absence of cocaine in the part of the hair dating before 10 August.[http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20131029_012 B-staal Van Snick negatief (Dutch)] However, on 30 November 2013 it was announced that the official retest also showed positive for cocaine.[http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/Judo/131130_Van_Snick_B_Positief Ook B-staal van Van Snick is positief] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202103942/http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/Judo/131130_Van_Snick_B_Positief |date=December 2, 2013 }} On 3 January 2014, she was banned by the IJF for a period of two years. Van Snick announced she would appeal the ban with the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS).[http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140103_00911711 Charline Van Snick wordt twee jaar geschorst: ‘Absurd’ (Dutch)] On 4 July 2014, CAS decided that Van Snick's appeal would be partially upheld. CAS found that the most likely explanation for the presence of cocaine was sabotage by a third party and consequently annulled the two-year ban. CAS acknowledged the existence of an anti-doping rule violation, but declared that Van Snick was not to blame. As the positive test was taken in competition, her results obtained during the Judo World Championships in Rio de Janeiro 2013 remain annulled in accordance with article 9 of the World Anti-Doping Code.{{cite web|title=Judo - The CAS annuls the suspension of Charline Van Snick|url=http://www.tas-cas.org/news|publisher=Court of Arbitration for Sport|accessdate=5 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603162927/http://www.tas-cas.org/news|archivedate=3 June 2014}}