Marc Bouet (born 7 May 1951 in

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

) is a sailor from

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, who represented his country at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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as helmsman 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 crew members Fabrice Levet and Alain Pointet they took the 15th place. Marc with crew members Gildas Morvan and

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 ...

took 11th place during the

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as helmsman in the

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* * * * 1951 births Living people Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for France Sailors (sport) from Nantes Soling class sailors Soling class world champions French male sailors (sport) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub