Manon Hostens

Manon Hostens (born 7 June 1994) is a French canoeist who won 22 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships and European Wildwater Championships.^[1][2] She competed in the women's K-4 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Manon Hostens

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994 (age 30) Roubaix, Nord, France
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoeing
Events	Canoe sprint Wildwater canoeing
Medal record Wildwater canoeing Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 7 6 2 European Championships 3 2 2 Total 10 8 4

Biography

Manon Hostens born in Roubaix in the north, has a 2 year old big brother: Quentin. Her parents both working, so she was very soon confronted with the community by a daycare center in Wasquehal. At the age of 2, the family moved to Chéreng in the Lille agglomeration where she began her education in a small country school, in parallel, she became acquainted for the first time with the aquatic environment through baby swimmers. and swimming lessons. This small nautical course enabled him to obtain his first swimming certificate of 25 m at 4 ½ years and his certificate of 400 m at 5 1/2 years.^[4]

Medals at the World Championships

Of her 15 medals at the world championships, 5 were at individual level and 9 at team level.^[5]

Senior

Wildwater canoeing
Year	K1 classic individual			K1 classic team			K1 sprint individual			K1 sprint team
2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2014	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2016	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2018	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Tot.	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	0