Jacques Doucet (sailor)

Jacques Doucet (19 February 1853 in Paris – 30 October 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)[1] was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.[2]

Jacques Doucet
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born(1853-02-19)19 February 1853
Paris
Died30 October 1929(1929-10-30) (aged 76)
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Sailing career
Class(es)2 to 3 ton
Open class
ClubCercle de la voile de Paris
Yacht-Club de France
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris 2 — 3 ton 1st race
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris 2 — 3 ton 2nd race

He was the crew member of the French boat Favorite 1, which won two silver medals in the races of the 2 to 3 ton class. He also participated in the Open class, but did not finish the race.[3]

A memoir by the French painter Charles Picart Le Doux suggests that Doucet did not survive World War I.[4]

Further reading edit

  • Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale. 1901. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

References edit

  1. ^ Stéphane Gachet JO d'été. Tous les médaillés français de 1896 à nos jours, ed. Talent Sport, Paris 2023, p. 22
  2. ^ "Jacques Doucet Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Jacques Doucet". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ Picart Le Doux, Charles (1953). Monelle de Montmartre, preface by Pierre Mac Orlan, illustrations by the author, Paris, 1953, p. 42: "Many, like dear Doucet, had disappeared, were dead."

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