Jérémie Azou
French rower (born 1989)
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Jérémie Azou (born 2 April 1989) is a French former rower. He is an Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's lightweight double sculls.
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| Born | 2 April 1989 Avignon, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lightweight rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He was part of the French men's lightweight quadruple sculls team who won silver at the 2008 World Championships, with Pierre-Etienne Pollez, Fabrice Moreau and Remi Di Girolamo.[2]
In 2009, he won silver at the World Championships in the men's lightweight double sculls with Frederic Dufour.[3] In 2010, he teamed with Di Girolamo to win bronze at the European Championships.[4]
At the 2011 World Under 23 championships, he competed in the lightweight men's single sculls, winning the gold medal.[5]
In 2012, he began to team with Stany Delayre. They finished in 4th in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] An injury to Delayre meant that Azou competed in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 World Championship, where he won the silver medal.[3][6]
Their team won the European Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and the World Championships in 2015.[7] They also won a World silver medal in 2014.[8] The time of 06:11.38 Azou and Delayre set at the 2015 European Championships is still the fastest time at a European championships.[3] They also hold the fastest time at a World Cup.[3]
In 2015, Azou and Delayre won the World Rowing Male Crew of the Year Award.[3]
He teamed with Pierre Houin from 2016, winning Olympic gold at the Rio Olympics, and then the 2017 World Championship title.[7][3]
He was undefeated in the men's lightweight double sculls from 2015 to October 2017.[3][9] He retired in October 2017, announcing his retirement at a celebration of the renaming of the Avignon Rowing Club to Avignon Rowing Club: Base Nautique Jeremie Azou.[3]
