Jacques Lebrun
Jacques 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.
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CVP, Les Mureaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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- "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Sailing" Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 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.
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