Vincent Garos (born 1 June 1982 in

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) is a retired French sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (

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) class. He represented

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, along with his partner

Pierre Leboucher Pierre Leboucher (born 9 November 1980 in Nantes) is a French sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. He represented France, along with his partner Vincent Garos at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training under the ...

at the

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, and also became a member of the French national sailing team for five years before retiring shortly after the Games. Throughout most of his sporting career, Garos has been training for Ouest Nautical Sport Club () under his personal coach Didier Bernard. Garos qualified as a crew member for the French squad in the men's 470 class at the

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by finishing sixth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in

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. Teaming with his partner Leboucher in the opening series, the French duo fell behind the pack on the early races, but sailed smoothly at the very end to achieve a creditable seventh position against a fleet of twenty-seven boats with an accumulated net score of 90 points. Shortly after the Games, Garos decided to retire from sailing to embark upon his formal business career role in the sport sector. Whilst training and competing for the sport, Garos completed a

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and

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, worked part-time in the technical sales department of an industrial company and fulfilled a one-year contract in the navy.

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* * * * 1982 births Living people French male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for France Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors (sport) from Nantes 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub