Georcy-Stéphanie Picard

Georcy-Stéphanie Thiffeault Picard (born February 8, 1991) is a Canadian competitive archer from Montreal, Quebec.[1] She attained a top-ten finish as a member of the Canadian archery squad in both the individual and team recurve at the 2015 Pan American Games, and eventually competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing her first round match to Chinese Taipei's team bronze medalist and world-ranked archer Tan Ya-ting.[2] Picard currently trains under the tutelage of her coach Sylvain Cadieux at the Montreal Archery Club (French: Club de Tir à l'Arc de Montréal).[3]

Georcy-Stéphanie Thiffeault Picard
Georcy-Stéphanie Thiffeault Picard at the 2015 Pan American Games
Personal information
Full nameGeorcy-Stéphanie Thiffeault
Picard
Nickname(s)Gee-Oh
Born (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
ClubClub de Tir à l'Arc de Montréal
Coached bySylvain Cadieux
Updated on 4 March 2017.

Picard became involved in the sport as an eight-year-old pupil at a summer camp in Montreal. She desired to represent the Canadian national team upon watching the Olympic archery on television from Athens 2004, which eventually impelled her to compete in various local and regional tournaments across the nation.[4]

Picard's maiden appearance on the Canadian team came as a seventeen-year-old teen at the 2008 World Youth Championships in Antalya, Turkey, where she finished a credible eighteenth in the individual recurve.[5] Following two more editions of the same tournament under the youth level in 2009 and 2011 respectively, Picard seized her opportunity to compete as a member of Canada's senior national team for the first timeat the 2013 World Championships, which were held in the same location as her youth debut.[6]

The 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario gave Picard a chance to prove her credentials on both the world and continental stage, comfortably notching a top ten placement each in both the individual and team archery recurve, respectively.[5]

Leading up to her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, Picard captured a bronze medal at the 2016 American Continental Qualifying Tournament in Medellin, Colombia to hand the Canadians a coveted spot for the Games.[2][7]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Picard was selected to compete as a lone female archer for the Canadian squad, shooting only in the individual recurve tournament.[2][8] Sitting almost at the bottom of the leaderboard with a sixty-first-seeded score of 585 points, 10 perfect tens, and a single bull's eye from the classification stage, Picard fell out of her opening round match in a 1–7 defeat to the Taiwanese archer and team recurve bronze medalist Tan Ya-ting.[9][10]

References
  1. "Georcy-Stéphanie Picard". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. "Canada picks archers Duenas, Thiffeault Picard for Rio Olympics". Sportsnet. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. "Georcy-Stéphanie Thiffeault Picard victorieuse contre sa compatriote Virginie Chénier" [Georcy-Stéphanie Thiffeault Picard emerged victorious against her compatriot Virginie Chénier] (in French). RDS. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. Stanley, John (27 July 2016). "Oh, Canada! Could Picard Clinch Rio Gold for Girls?". archery360.com. Archery Trade Association. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. Squizzato, Daniel (13 July 2016). "How Thiffeault Picard's demeanour helps her excel in archery". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. "Archery Canada Announces Team for 2013 World Archery Championship". Canadian Olympic Committee. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. Hossain, Asif (6 July 2016). "Two archers named to Team Canada for Rio 2016". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  8. "Archers Duenas, Thiffeault Picard nominated by Canada for Rio Olympics". Canada: Metro. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. "Archery: Women's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. "What Canada did on Day 5 at Rio 2016: Canucks extend medal streak". Sportsnet. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


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