Sarah Fraincart
Personal information
Citizenship
  • France
  • Morocco
Born (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999
Troyes, France
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportRowing
EventSingle sculls
ClubToulouse
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2020
World finals2017, 2019
Regional finals2019
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
African Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Rabat500 metres single sculls

Sarah Juliette Saidi Fraincart (born 6 July 1999)[2] is a French-Moroccan rower and politician. In rowing, she came third in the 500 metres single sculls event at the 2019 African Games and competed in the single sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a candidate for France's National Assembly in the 2022 legislative elections, but was not elected.

Personal life

Fraincart is a dual French-Moroccan citizen.[3] Fraincart was born in Troyes, France. Her mother is Moroccan and her father is French.[2][4] She studied when she was teenager in collège Pithou, Troyes in a musical section Classe à horaires aménagés en musique, danse, théâtre ou arts plastiques.

Rowing career

Fraincart started rowing in Troyes, France, at the Société Nautique Troyenne.[5] In 2017, she chose to represent Morocco after her times were not good enough to qualify for the French team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] In 2018, she started training in Toulouse, France.[3]

Fraincart competed in the single sculls event at the 2017 World Rowing Championships.[5][1] In the same year, she came second in her event at the Arab Rowing Championship.[6] In 2019, she won an event at the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie regional rowing championships.[7] At the 2019 African Games, Fraincart came third in the 500 metres single sculls event.[8] She also competed in the single sculls event at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.[1]

In May 2019, Fraincart was awarded an International Olympic Committee Olympic Solidarity scholarship to assist with her attempts to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9][10] In October 2019, Fraincart qualified for the single sculls event at the Games,[2][4] after finishing fourth at the African qualification tournament.[4][11] The qualification standard had been to finish in the top five out of the 15 competitors at the event.[12] At the Games, Fraincart finished last in her heat,[13] and repechage race.[14] She finished second in her E semi-final,[15] and fifth in her E final.[16] She was 29th overall, and the third best African finisher in the event, behind Maike Diekmann and Kathleen Noble.[17]

Political career

On 12 May 2022, the Nouvelle Union Populaire écologique et sociale invested Fraincart as its candidate in Aube's 2nd constituency for the 2022 legislative election. She is a member of the La France Insoumise party and a supporter of the left-wing political leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.[18] Fraincart got 6,165 votes, the third most votes in the constituency, and was not elected.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sarah Fraincart". World Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "La Sancéenne Sarah Fraincart sélectionnée aux JO de Tokyo pour le Maroc". L'Est-Éclair (in French). 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cette Sancéenne va représenter le Maroc aux Jeux olympiques". L'Est-Éclair (in French). 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Aviron: Sarah Fraincart, une franco-marocaine aux JO 2020". Hespress (in French). 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Aviron : Sarah Fraincart, horizon 2020 !" (in French). Canal 32. 9 October 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Championnat arabe d'aviron : Tunisie, Algérie, Maroc sur le podium" (in French). Yabiladi. 29 October 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Championnats de zone bateaux courts". Le Journal du Gers (in French). 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jeux africains-2019 (Aviron/500m): La Marocaine Sarah Juliette Saidi Fraincart décroche la médaille de bronze". 2M (in French). 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Vingt-et-un athlètes marocains bénéficient des bourses internationales pour préparer Tokyo 2020". Le Matin (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Moroccan Olympic Committee holds meeting for athletes receiving Olympic Solidarity funding". Inside the Biz. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Africa goes for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic qualification". International Rowing Federation. 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "La rameuse Marocaine Fraincart Sarah décroche sa place aux jeux olympiques de Tokyo 2020" (in French). Moroccan Olympic Committee. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rowing - Heat 3 Results". Olympics.com. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Rowing - Repechage 1 Results". Olympics.com. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Rowing - Semifinal E/F 2 Results". Olympics.com. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Rowing - Final E Results". Olympics.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  17. ↑ "Noble finishes Olympic regatta as second top African rower". Daily Monitor. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Législatives dans l'Aube : un enseignant et une athlète olympique candidats pour la Nouvelle Union Populaire". Journal L'Est Éclair abonné (in French). 12 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  19. ↑ "Aube (10) - 2ème circonscription" (in French). Government of France. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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