Charline Van Snick

Charline Van Snick (born 2 September 1990 in Liège) is a Belgian retired She also earned a bronze medal at the 2010 European Judo Championships and a silver medals at the 2012 and 2013 European Judo Championships.

Fighting in the 48 kg division, Van Snick was Belgian cadet age class champion in 2006, and Belgian junior champion in 2007. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Junior Championships at the age of 17. As a reward for this, she was awarded the Sports Merit Trophy distributed by the French Community. In 2010, she won at her first senior European Championship medal, a bronze, in Vienna.

At the end of 2016, having lost in the second round at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Van Snick moved up to the 52 kg weight division. In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Doping case In August 2013 Van Snick won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. On 14 October 2013 it was announced that Van Snick had tested positive for cocaine in Rio. Van Snick maintained her innocence. On 29 October 2013 it was announced that a hair analysis that Van Snick commissioned by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven's toxicology lab proved negative for habitual cocaine use. Toxicological research proved the presence of 2,3 picogram cocaine per milligram in the hair for the period from 10 August to 10 October 2013, which is 200 times less than the amount in a strain for a habitual user, and a complete absence of cocaine in the part of the hair dating before 10 August. However, on 30 November 2013 it was announced that the official retest also showed positive for cocaine. On 3 January 2014, she was banned by the IJF for a period of two years. Van Snick announced she would appeal the ban with the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS). On 4 July 2014, CAS decided that Van Snick's appeal would be partially upheld. CAS found that the most likely explanation for the presence of cocaine was sabotage by a third party and consequently annulled the two-year ban. CAS acknowledged the existence of an anti-doping rule violation, but declared that Van Snick was not to blame. As the positive test was taken in competition, her results obtained during the Judo World Championships in Rio de Janeiro 2013 remain annulled in accordance with article 9 of the World Anti-Doping Code.

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2007 Belgian Championships -48 kg, Hasselt 2008 Belgian Championships -48 kg, Herstal European U20 Championships -48 kg, Warsaw 2009 European Cup -48 kg, Baar European Cup -48 kg, London European U20 Championships -48 kg, Yerevan 2010 World Cup -48 kg, Sofia World Cup -48 kg, Birmingham Grand Prix -48 kg, Rotterdam European Championships -48 kg, Vienna 2011 World Cup -48 kg, São Paulo Grand Prix -48 kg, Amsterdam Grand Prix -48 kg, Qingdao Belgian Championships -48 kg, Ronse Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf Grand Slam -48 kg, Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam -48 kg, Tokyo 2012 Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf European Championships -48 kg, Chelyabinsk Olympic Games -48 kg, London Grand Slam -48 kg, Moscow 2013 Grand Prix -48 kg, Samsun European Championships -48 kg, Budapest 2014 Grand Prix -48 kg, Tashkent Grand Prix -48 kg, Zagreb 2015 European Games -48kg, Baku European Championships -48kg, Baku Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf Grand Slam -48 kg, Baku Grand Slam -48 kg, Paris 2016 European Championships -48kg, Kazan 2017 Grand Slam -52 kg, Abu Dhabi Grand Slam -52 kg, Baku Grand Prix -52 kg, Tashkent Grand Prix -52 kg, The Hague 2018 Grand Prix -52 kg, The Hague Grand Prix -52 kg, Budapest Grand Slam -52 kg, Düsseldorf Grand Prix -52 kg, Zagreb 2019 Grand Slam -52 kg, Yekaterinburg

2020 European Championships -52kg, Prague