exciting combination. I reckon they’ll just miss out on an A-Final but will be ones to watch for Tokyo.

France

Noemie Kober 22 & Marie Le Nepvou 31

Olympic record: Both missed qualifying for London

World Championship record

Kober: 9th W8 2014, 4th W4- 2014, 10th W2- 2015

Le Nepvou: 1st W4- 2004, 8th W2- 2005, 10th W8 2006, 7th W2- 2009, 9th W8 2014, 4th W4- 2014, 10th W2- 2015

2016 record: 6th W2- European Championships, 8th W2- Lucerne World Cup, 9th W2- Poznan World Cup

Noemie Kober made her senior debut at the 2011 European Championships at the age of 17. This follows a successful junior international career which culminated in gold in the JW2X in 2010 and a bronze in the JW1X at the Youth Olympic Games. She spent her early career inthe sculling squad, and just missed qualifying for the London Olympics. In 2014 she moved to the sweep squad racing in both the W8 and W4- at the 2014 World Championships. In 2015 she formed a pairs partnership with Marie Le Nepvou finishing 11th at the World Championships. Le Nepvou started her senior career way back in 2004 and took gold in the W4- at the Banyoles World Championships. In 2005 she switched to the W2- with Celia Foulon and then returned to this boat class in 2009 with Stephanie Dechand. In 2012 she just missed out on qualifying for the London Olympics in the W4X. In 2014 she joined Kober as part of the W4- and W8 at the World Championships. In 2016 Nepvou and Kober finished