Charlotte Morel
Charlotte Morel ( born January 16, 1989 in Draguignan ) is a French professional triathlete and twelve -time French duathlon and triathlon national champion in different age groups ( cadette, junior, espoir ), eg U23 National Champion 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Since 2006 Morel ever heard of the French national team, since 2008, the French military triathlon team at. In the prestigious French Club Championship Series Grand Prix de Triathlon Lyonnaise des Eaux Morel went since 2006 for Beauvais Triathlon at the start, the women's team in 2006, 2009 and 2010 this Club Championship Series won, but then in 2011 and 2012, the competition series boycotted. From 2013 occurs Morel Issy Triathlon in the club championship series. In Germany Morel has been declining since 2011 for EJOT Buschhütten in the Bundesliga at the start, 2012, she helped the club to victory in the First Bundesliga.
Career
After the completion of the Collège in Draguignan in 2004, Morel was admitted to the elite Pôle Espoir CREPS PACA and attended the Lycée Saint Exupery Saint- Raphaël. Since then Pierre Houseaux is her coach.
As of 2006, Morel was ( until 2012 ) on the elite team of northern France Beauvais Triathlon Club, for which she denied several Rennender prestigious French Club Championship Series along with international stars such as Andrea Hewitt. In 2006, Morel from the High School (BAC S = scientifique, ie sciences de la vie et de la terre ) and enrolled at the University of Nice Sport Sciences ( Sciences et techniques of STAPS = Activités sportives et physiques ). 2008 Morel became the DEUG STAPS ( Diplôme d' études universitaires générales ) and in the summer of 2009, the Licence L3 in éducation et motricité, in June 2011, she completed her Master's Degree in Nutrition Science ( Education pour la Santé et Prévention par l' Activité Physique, option Prévention par l' alimentation et la nutrition ) from.
In December 2007, Morel became - as well as Sylvain Sudrie, Laurent Vidal, Emmie Charayron and Delphine Pelletier - the army and the Ecole d'application d' infantry ( = EAI) - then in Montpellier - in making it one of the Equipe de France Militaire de triathlon (EFM ). 2012, the triathlon team was promoted to the rank of Corporal. 2008 Morel and her EAI team won the gold medal at the Military World Championships in Estonia, in the individual competition, she was fifth. 2011 Morel was in the Military World Championship in Rio (24 July 2011) also fifth in the individual competition, the French mixed team won the gold medal, the women's team was fourth In the Military World Championships in Lausanne 2012 Morel eventually won the singles competition Bronze and in the team standings (Mixed team ) gold.
Private
Morel is in a relationship with the multiple Triathlon European Champion Frédéric Belaubre. Both train under Pierre Houseaux at the high performance center CREPS PACA Boulouris, belonged to the club Beauvais Triathlon and entered 2011 for EJOT in the German Bundesliga on. Morel lives near the CREPS PACA Boulouris.
Thanks to its size (1.72 m ) occurred Morel repeatedly as a model in triathlon magazines in appearance.
Sporting career
Morel of competitive sports, as it was in the cradle. With three years she was able to swim with them ten ( = Union national du sport scolaire ) participated in the first cross-country competitions throughout the UNSS part. Her younger brother Jeremy " Jey " Morel was 2009 Cyclocross Junior National Champion. With Triathlon Charlotte Morel began in 2003 when she brought her uncle Didier Morel as the local Triathlon Club Draguignan.
2005
On its homepage Morel is where her big break in 2006 when she first participated in international competitions and moved to the Olympic distance in Guadeloupe. However, Morel was in 2005, after she had become national duathlon champion in April 2005 ( Category: cadets ), launched at the European Championships in Greece and was next to the junior champion last year, Juliette Benedicto, as medal contender. Morel was to create a French youth triathlete place, but registered in the junior class. After a serious bicycle crash, all hopes, even if Morel seek or five fellow activists and injured could reach the finish scattered. The following day, she still took part in the team competition. The French relay team came in 8th place ( out of 11), Morel himself, however, was clearly drawn: in the individual competition they would have only 29 of 33 seats gained. In her blog, Morel passes this ITU debut in the trophy case, but calls it among the most unpleasant experiences of their sports career.
In the French media Morel is often compared with her almost exactly a year younger competitor and junior world champion in 2009 Emmie Charayron, both were regarded as a great Olympic hopeful for London 2012. Magazine Triathlete about dedicated both the " Confrontation " overridden Portrait double page.
2006
At the age of 17 years, Morel, French duathlon and triathlon champion sat through internationally: at the European Championships in Autun, she was 13th in the junior class and at the World Championships in Lausanne even 7 Also in the Duathlon World Championships in Rimini Morel secured a top ten place. When Swiss sprint triathlon in Walliswil she won the gold medal. In France Morel came in 2006 for the first time for the club to Beauvais Triathlon, as well as the 2009 and 2010 won the prestigious French Club Championship Lyonnaise des Eaux in 2006. Morel took part in two competitions this championship series: in Beauvais, she was 28 and 11 in Lorient ( elite classification ).
2007
Morel won the 2007 both the French Duathlon and Triathlon Junior Championship and was also U23 Triathlon Champion ( Espoir ), which they at the same time at the age of only 18 years, won the silver medal in the elite classification. In the considered French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux Morel went to Beauvais Triathlon and was in each case in her age group always in the top three: in Lorient Third (32nd overall ) in Embrun Second ( 6 ) and in La Baule third parties (8th ). In the European Junior Championships in Copenhagen and the Junior World Championship in Hamburg Morel was the 6th or 8th addition Morel also joined in the elite category: in a European Cup in Poland and a Premium European Cup in Turkey, she was 11 or 14 your traditional summer training camp in Alpe d' Huez Morel crowned by winning the sprint triathlon in neighboring Vaujany ( 29.7.2007 ).
2008
International Morel was successful in different age classes: At the Junior European Championship in Lisbon she was 9, at the Junior World Championships in Vancouver 24 In the U23 European Championship in Pulpí she was fifth in the individual standings and won silver in the team competition. In Luxembourg Morel took on their first European Cup in part (Elite) and won gold. Even in her World Cup debut Morel was successful and was in Lorient 24 In the Military World Championships in Estonia they finished fourth in the individual competition and won the gold medal in the team event.
At national level, Morel confirmed its role as the most promising young talent. For strategic reasons, was allowed Morel at the state championship, although no longer compete in the junior class, where they certainly another - and age-related: last - had once won the gold medal, but she finished second in the Duathlon Championship and first in the junior rating of the short-distance triathlons in Embrun.
In the Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux Morel came again for the club Beauvais, who carried off the overall win. In Paris she was ninth ( U23: 3 ), in Beauvais Eighth ( U23: 5 ) and in La Baule Thirteenth ( U23: 5 ).
The famous single - Triathon of Alpe d' Huez won Morel on 31.7.2008 in the Courte -distance category ( = 1200 30 7 ) after four days previously the sprint triathlon in neighboring Vaujany, as in 2007, had won. This victory at Alpe d' Huez should remain for the time being her last: 2009 Morel different from when she dodged a fallen rider shortly after the start and it even came to fall in 2010 prevented them from health problems to attend.
2009
In two ITU competitions Morel proved their affiliation to the world: in Southport (Gold Coast), she was at the U23 World Cup Eighth and the Premium European Cup in Alanya they finished sixth (Elite ) after still after the second change, with over 40 seconds ahead of the chasing pack, such as Helle Frederiksen had done.
In France Morel was successful with their club Beauvais, she won both the Club Championship Series and the Club Championship in Gruissan. At the Grand Final of the Club Championship series in La Baule ( Triathlon Audencia ) Morel, however, did not participate. Your club left next to Py Bilot ( 15 ) all the way to the Legionnaires Anja Dittmer ( 1 ), Andrea Hewitt ( 3 ), Hollie Avil ( 5 ) and Vicky Holland ( 12 ). Even the victorious men's team of the club Sartrouville went to La Baule exclusively with international guest stars at the start, especially the Brownlee brothers.
In three of the previous club championship triathlons but Morel was always in front of Py Bilot: Dunkirk at No. 15 ( U23: 4 ) against Pys 24th place in Beauvais Place 6 ( U23: 3 ) against Pys 7th place, in Tours on place 10 ( U23: 2 ) against Pys 17th Place. In Paris, however, Py was better and was 9 compared with Morels 11th place overall ( U23: 5 ). On September 26, 2009, the day of the club championship final race in La Baule, Morel, however, took with their club colleagues Laetitia Duhamel and Sophie Hens Sien at Tri - Relay, and on September 27 at the short -distance triathlon at La Baule in part and was - both times without serious competition - first.
Prior to the U23 World Cup in Australia Morel had already achieved three top - ten finishes in ITU competitions: at the European Cup in Quarteira she was 9 (Elite ) at the U23 European Championship in Italy 6th and 4th at the European Cup in Athlone although their luggage was lost on the flight and Morel literally had to borrow in the final seconds before the start of the equipment.
Morels last triathlon of the 2009 season was that of Karukera she had won in 2006 and 2007 without serious competition. In 2009, she won superior, but this time hand in hand with Alexandra Cassan Ferrier.
In ITU Ranking 2009 (Women's Standing ) advanced Morel to No. 13 of the 63 world's best U23 triathletes.
2010
After the hugely successful 2009 Morel 2010 suffered some injury-related setbacks. After the training camp of the national team in Lanzarote Morel had on the running and cycling workouts do without one and a half months. After her deemed to be disappointing 22nd place in the World Cup in Quarteira Morel renounced participation in the World Cup in Ishigaki, in the already most European triathletes could not attend because of the Icelandic ash cloud and the ongoing flight restrictions. At a series of competitions that had called at the beginning of the year on her blog at the Morel objectifs, they did not participate, such as not on Fitri Triathlon in Andora, the triathlon in Alpe d'Huez, she did not finish in 2009 could, even though she had gone as clear favorite at the start, the European Cup in Geneva, the U23 European Championship in Portugal and the World Cup in Tongyeong.
For Beauvais Triathlon Morel went three times to the French club championship series to the start: at Dunkirk they came in 19th Place ( U23: 5 ), in Beauvais the 13th Place ( U23: 3 ) and in Paris the 15th Place ( U23: 7 ), so she was always among the three triathletes classants l' équipe, where their association in 2010, owes the overall victory of the championship series. For the Grand Final in La Baule ( Triathlon Audencia ) on 18 September 2010, she had but her club called only under the triatlètes U23 invitees, they would therefore their club can bestow no points in the team standings - in fact, they then retired prematurely and underwent shortly afterwards, a knee surgery with a half -month rehabilitation at CERS in boulouris.
Although Morel referred to on her blog the 2010 season as mauvaise année, but you get two important victories:
- At the French National Championships in Charleville, she won the U23 title and was able to beat her younger rival Emmie Charayron that lay in Quarteira still far ahead of Morel and had sensationally won the Silver medal in Spain at the World Cup series triathlon
- The Premium European Cup in Brasschaat Morel won silver.
Bad luck Morel, however at that race, which should mark the climax of the season at the U23 World Championships in Budapest on September 12, 2010 came Morel, like many others, in torrential rain on the bike course dangerous to fall and retired. The above-mentioned race in La Baule was intended only as a farewell round in 2010 and paved the way for the knee surgery free.
2011
Morel in 2011 was their club Beauvais, for which it competes since 2006, faithful, although it boycotted the Club Championship series, thereby missing Morel again this year in the media- Grand Prix de Triathlon. In Germany Morel came for EJOT in the Bundesliga 2 / Nord and was in Gladbeck (15 May 20122 ) first. Along with Scarlet and Mignon Vatlach and Eszter Pap Morel won team gold and helped the club to the 1st Bundesliga.
2012
After a back injury in late 2011 and two three-week training camps in Kenya ( December 2011) and Lanzarote (January 2012 ) Morel could start the new season with two fourth places in ITU competitions. However, two stress fractures prevented their participation in important qualification competitions for the Olympics, so that Jessica Harrison, Emmie Charayron and Carol Péon formed the French women's team in London and ranks 9, 18 and 29 won. Nevertheless Morel reached by the summer again their top form and won each Olympic distance which is also internationally renowned triathlons in Alpe d' Huez (26 July 2012) and in Embrun (15th August 2012). In the Military World Championship in Lausanne (25 August 2012) Morel eventually finished third and won so for the French team ( Equipe de France Militaire de Triathlon EFM) in the mixed category Gold.
The finale of the 2012 season confirmed Morels strong form, it would have 2012 qualified without injury-related break for London: the finale of the First Bundesliga in Schliersee (8 September 2012) won Morel superior and helped so EJOT Buschhütten to overall victory, the World Cup in Tongyeong ( September 22 2012 ) Morel was 6 Even with two tourist triathlon competitions to which they had been invited for promotional reasons than French elite triathletes to Morel's world class showed: the Trans - Tahitienne ( 27 and 28 October 2012) was she with her partner Frédéric Belaubre behind the newly married David Hauss and Melanie Anne Hauss Second Home. The Indian Ocean Triathlon in Mauritius (13 November 2012) she was able to win just like last year.
2013
After two years, forced by the Grand Prix boycott their club Beauvais forced break occurs Morel in 2013 for the first time in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux, namely Issy Triathlon, where she met the Spaniard Carolina Routier and the Slovenian Mateja Šimic the hard core consisting of relatively unknown runners team makes. Morel's old club Beauvais retired at the end of the 2012 season completely out of the elite sport back, so that combined for Morel to the search for a new club and the re-entry into the Grand Prix series. Likewise, Morel is back in the German Bundesliga, also go together with Carolina Routier, for EJOT Buschhüttten at the start.
ITU competitions
In the eight years from 2005 to 2012 Morel took part in 35 ITU competitions and 3 Military World Championships and reached here, not counting several team medals at the World Military Championships, 24 top ten places. Where not specifically stated, it is in the following events are triathlons and the elite category. The preparation based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete 's Profile Page.