Allan Julie
Personal information
Nationality Seychelles
Born (1977-03-23) 23 March 1977
Victoria, Seychelles
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sailing career
ClassLaser
ClubSeychelles Yachting
Association
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Seychelles
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place2007 Algiers Laser

Allan Julie (born 23 March 1977) is a Laser sailor from the Seychelles.[1] Julie is a five-time Olympian,[2] and a gold medalist in the same sailing class at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.[3]

Julie made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he competed in the open laser class. He placed thirty-seventh out of fifty-six sailors in the preliminary races, with a net score of 305 points.[4] At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Julie achieved his best result in sailing, when he finished twenty-eighth in the same class, lowering his score to 203 net points.[5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Julie became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony for being the most experienced member.[6] He placed twentieth out of forty-two sailors in the open laser class by six points larger of his record from Finland's Roope Suomalainen, attaining his best net score of 166.[7]

Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Julie qualified for his fourth Seychellois team, as a 31-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by finishing forty-ninth and obtaining a place from the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He placed thirty-second out of forty-three sailors in the preliminary races of the men's Laser class, by three points shorter of his record from Guatemala's Juan Ignacio Maegli, with a net score of 203 points.[8]

Julie missed out on qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but four years later he switched to the Finn boat and managed to qualify after only starting in his new boat two weeks before the final African Olympic qualification regatta.[9] In the Finn class at the Olympics Julie finished 23rd.[10]

Throughout his career Juile has been named Seychelles Sportsman of the Year a record six times[11]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Allan Julie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Allan Juile". Olympic.org. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "South Africa, Tunisia And The Seychelles Take Top Honours As The All African Games Draws To A Close". ISAF. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mixed one person dinghy results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mixed one person dinghy results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Allan Julie, Seychelles' flag bearer". Nation Seychelles. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "2004 Mixed One Person Dinghy Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Men's Laser". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Allen Juile setting the bar high for Rio". finnclass.org. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Finn Final Standings". Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sports awards 2015". nation.sc. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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