Jean-Christophe Rolland

Jean-Christophe Rolland (born 3 July 1968, in Condrieu) is a French competition rower and Olympic champion. Rolland won a gold medal in coxless pair at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Jean-Christophe Rolland
Rolland in 2018
Personal information
Born (1968-07-03) 3 July 1968 (age 55)
Condrieu
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Coxless pair
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Račice Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1997 Aiguebelette Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 1994 Indianapolis Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 1999 St. Catharines Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Tampere Coxless pair

He succeeded Denis Oswald as President of FISA, the International Rowing Federation, in a ceremony held at Lucerne, Switzerland, in July 2014.[2] He was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2017.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Profile: Jean-Christophe Rolland Archived 12 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 17 December 2008)
  2. ^ "FISA Congress elects successor to President Denis Oswald". FISA. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Mr Jean-Christophe ROLLAND - Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français, IOC Member since 2017". 28 June 2021.

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