{{short description|French skateboarder}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Charlotte Hym.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|10|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | alma_mater = Paris Descartes University | height = | weight = <!-- Sport --> | country = France | sport = Skateboarding | position = Regular-footed | rank = 24<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female |url=http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/rankings.html |website=World Skate |access-date=2021-07-26 |language=en |date=2021-06-30 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727044303/http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/rankings.html }}</ref> | event = Street | medaltemplates = }} '''Charlotte Hym''' (born 30 October 1992) is a French street skateboarder and neuroscientist based in Paris.
== Early life and education == Hym was born in Paris and grew up close to Boulevard Richard-Lenoir. She asked for a skateboard at the age of twelve because she saw so many people skateboarding in her local area.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Skateboarding - HYM Charlotte|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1341702-hym-charlotte.htm|access-date=2021-07-26|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726014336/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1341702-hym-charlotte.htm |archive-date=26 July 2021 }}</ref>
Hym obtained a bachelor's degree in Sport sciences at the Paris Descartes University in 2013, and completed a master's degree in Neuroscience from the same university in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> She remained in neuroscience as a doctoral researcher, focusing on cognitive neuroscience at psychology in the laboratory of Marianne Barbu-Roth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charlotte Hym | INCC BABYLAB|url=https://baby.biomedicale.parisdescartes.fr/en/member/charlotte-hym|access-date=2021-07-26|website=baby.biomedicale.parisdescartes.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=La chronique de Charlotte Hym: gérer un doctorat et le skate à haut niveau|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Adrenaline/Skateboard/Actualites/La-chronique-de-charlotte-hym-gerer-un-doctorat-et-le-skate-a-haut-niveau/1026554|access-date=2021-07-26|website=L'Équipe|language=fr}}</ref> She looked at the impact of maternal voices on newborn babies.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hym|first1=Charlotte|last2=Forma|first2=Vincent|last3=Anderson|first3=David I.|last4=Provasi|first4=Joëlle|last5=Granjon|first5=Lionel|last6=Huet|first6=Viviane|last7=Carpe|first7=Emilie|last8=Teulier|first8=Caroline|last9=Durand|first9=Karine|last10=Schaal|first10=Benoist|last11=Barbu‐Roth|first11=Marianne|date=2020-12-05|title=Newborn crawling and rooting in response to maternal breast odor|journal=Developmental Science|volume=24|issue=3|article-number=e13061 |doi=10.1111/desc.13061|pmid=33174352 |s2cid=226303830 |issn=1363-755X}}</ref> In 2019, she received a PhD degree in Cognitive neuroscience and Psychology from the Paris Descartes University.<ref name=":0" />
== Skateboarding career == Hym has competed at the World Skateboarding Championships. In 2016 she was approached by Commission Skateboard France to join the France skateboarding teams. She trained in Cosanostra Skatepark.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet France's Charlotte Hym, ripping skater and paediatric student|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/checkout-charlotte-hym|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Red Bull|language=en}}</ref> In July 2021 she represented France in the Women's Street Skateboarding event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in 17th place.<ref name="Skateboarding - Heat Results">{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SKB/OG2020-_SKB_C73SP_SKBWSTREET------------QUAL--------.pdf|title=Heat Results|work=2020 Summer Olympics|publisher=Omega SA|date=26 July 2021|access-date=26 July 2021|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726045041/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SKB/OG2020-_SKB_C73SP_SKBWSTREET------------QUAL--------.pdf}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Olympedia}} * {{Instagram}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hym, Charlotte}} Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Sportspeople from Paris Category:French skateboarders Category:Female skateboarders Category:Skateboarders at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic skateboarders for France Category:Paris Descartes University alumni