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Jacques Lebrun
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Jacques Baptiste 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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Full name | Jacques Baptiste Lebrun | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Class(es) | Snowbird, O-Jolle, Swallow, Finn, 5.5 Metre | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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]