{{short description|French sport shooter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = #d09df2 | name = Stéphanie Neau | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Stéphanie Neau | nickname = | nationality = {{FRA}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|9|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Blois, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.69|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | sport = Shooting | event = Trap (TR75) | club = BTC Chatelaillon<ref name=issf/> | coach = Marc Mennessier<ref name=issf/> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2009 Osijek | TR75 }} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Stéphanie Neau''' ({{IPA|fr|stefani no}}; born September 16, 1975 in Blois) is a French sport shooter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Stéphanie Neau|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/stephanie-neau-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203017/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/stephanie-neau-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 17 August 2015}}</ref> She was selected to compete for France in trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and eventually won a bronze medal at the 2009 European Championships in Osijek, Croatia.<ref name=issf>{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Stéphanie Neau|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHFRAW1609197501|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> Neau is a member of Ball Trap Club Chatelaillon in Châtelaillon-Plage, where she trains throughout her sport career under personal coach and 1996 Olympian Marc Mennessier.<ref name=issf/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2013/04/10/l-elite-des-sportifs-pontois-a-ete-recompensee-1020164-1491.php|title=L'élite des sportifs pontois a été récompensée|trans-title=Elite athletes were rewarded with points|language=fr|publisher=Sud-Ouest|date=10 April 2013|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref>
Neau qualified for a French team, as a 29-year-old, in women's trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eurosport.fr/tir/athenes/2004/les-francais-a-athenes_sto620337/story.shtml|title=Les Français à Athènes|trans-title=The French in Athens|language=fr|publisher=Eurosport|date=1 August 2004|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref> She outplayed her rival and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Delphine Racinet by only three points 87 to 84 at the European Grand Prix meet in Brno, Czech Republic to snatch the Olympic place that her rival claimed from the ISSF World Cup series a year earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification|url=http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Majority Sports|page=10|access-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf|archive-date=22 July 2015|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/racinet-privee-de-jeux-13-05-2004-2004975930.php#xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.ph%2F|title=Racinet privée de Jeux|trans-title=Racinet out of Games|language=fr|publisher=Le Parisien|date=13 May 2004|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref> Neau marked 57 hits out of a possible 75 to finish twelfth from a small field of seventeen shooters in the qualifying round, failing to advance to the final.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting: Women's Trap Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532284.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rtl-lequipe.fr/Jo/20040816_113515Dev.html|title=Neau éliminée|trans-title=Neau eliminated|language=fr|publisher=L'Équipe|date=16 August 2004|accessdate=17 August 2015}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{ISSF name|SHFRAW1609197501}}
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