Joanne Mayer
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  France |
| Born | 16 March 1993 Mulhouse, France |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoeing |
| Event | Sprint canoe |
| Club | Mulhouse-AS Cheminots Riedisheim[1][2] |
| Coached by | Sébastien Mayer[1][2] |
Joanne Mayer (born 16 March 1993 in Mulhouse) is a French sprint canoeist.[1][3] Mayer is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Mulhouse-AS Cheminots Riedisheim, and is coached and trained by her father Sébastien Mayer, who competed in the men's kayak four (1000 m) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1][2][4] Her grandfather Albert Mayer, on the other hand, also participated in the same discipline at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[5]
Mayer represented France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-4 500 metres, along with her teammates Marie Delattre, Sarah Guyot, and Gabrielle Tuleu. Mayer and her team finished last in the final by more than a second behind the Russian team (led by Yuliana Salakhova), recording the slowest time of 1:35.299.[6]
