Jacques Le Lavasseur

Jacques Le Lavasseur
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Sailing career
SportSailing
ClubSociété Nautique de Marseille
Classes2 to 3 ton
Open class
Medal record
Sailing
Representing Mixed team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1900 Paris2 — 3 ton 1st race
Gold medal – first place1900 Paris2 — 3 ton 2nd race

Jacques Le Lavasseur (French pronunciation: [ʒak lə lavasœʁ]) was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.[1]

He was crew on the British/French boat Ollé, which won the gold medals in both races of the 2–3 ton class with fellow crew member Frédéric Blanchy and helmsman William Exshaw. He also participated in the open class, but did not finish.[2]

Further reading

  • Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale. 1901. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2014-02-08.

References

  1. ↑ "Jacques Le Lavasseur Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Jacques Le Lavasseur". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.