Jacques Baptiste Lebrun (20 September 1910 – 14 January 1996) was a French sailor. He competed at the 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in the snowbird event in 1932.[1] He missed the 1956 Games for financial reasons.
 Lebrun in 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jacques Baptiste Lebrun | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1910 Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 January 1996 (aged 85) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Snowbird, O-Jolle, Swallow, Finn, 5.5 Metre | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CVP, Les Mureaux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lebrun was a boat designer and eventually became technical director of the national sailing association. During World War II he helped to hide a significant part of the Louvre collection from the Germans.[2]
References
edit- ^ "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jacques Lebrun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
External links
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Media related to Jacques Lebrun at Wikimedia Commons- Jacques Lebrun at World Sailing
- Jacques Lebrun at Olympics.com
- Jacques Lebrun at Olympedia
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