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Jacques Lebrun

Lebrun in 1932
Personal information
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)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Snowbird, O-Jolle, Swallow, Finn, 5.5 Metre
Club	CVP, Les Mureaux
Medal record Representing  France Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles Snowbird 1936 Kiel O-Jolle (6th) 1948 Torbay Swallow (9th) 1952 Helsinki Finn (11th) 1960 Enoshima 5.5 Metre (18th)

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. He missed the 1956 Games for financial reasons.

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.

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External links※

• Media related——to Jacques Lebrun at Wikimedia Commons
• Jacques Lebrun at World Sailing
• Jacques Lebrun at Olympics.com
• Jacques Lebrun at Olympedia

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