Mary Ellen Gaillard (born August 8, 1973) is an American
competitive sailor who competed in the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
.
Sailing career
Gaillard was born in
Huntington, New York
The Town of Huntington is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York. Founded in 1653, it is located on the north shore of Long Island in northwestern Suffolk County, with Long Island Sound to its north and Nassau County adjacent to the west. ...
.
During her youth, she sailed
Optimist
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dinghy and with the family's
Etchells.
She attended
Connecticut College, graduating in 1995, where she also represented the school's sailing and soccer teams.
Meg Gaillard won the bronze medal at the 2000
Europe World Championships Europe World Championships are World sailing champinships in the Europe class that have been held annually since 1966 (open event).
Since 1978 the event is split into a female and a male event have been held in conjunction. The event is organized ...
in Brazil. She was then runner-up in the 2000 US Olympic trials for the
Europe event and missed the cut.
[ Gaillard won another bronze medal in the Eurepoe class at the ]2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships was the first edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships and was held in Cadiz, Spain from 11 September to 24 September.
Venue
The venue for the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships was Cádiz with thre ...
.[ At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Gaillard finished 14th.][
]
Personal life
Meg Gaillard is the daughter of Ann and Skip Gaillard.[
]
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
American female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for the United States
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe
Place of birth missing (living people)
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