Gildas Morvan (born 31 July 1968) is a sailor from

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, who represented his country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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as crew member in the

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

. With helmsman

Marc Bouet Marc Bouet (born 7 May 1951 in Nantes) is a sailor from France, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain as helmsman in the Soling. With crew members Fabrice Levet and Alain Pointet they took the 15th place. ...

and fellow crew member

Sylvain Chtounder Sylvain Chtounder (born 1 April 1964) is a sailor from Marseilles, France. who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, United States as crew member in the Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the ...

, they finished in the 11th place.

References

Living people 1968 births Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for France Sportspeople from Pretoria French male sailors (sport) 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub