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G. Pigeard

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G. Pigeard
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Sailing career
Class(es)0.5 to 1 ton
Open class
ClubCVP

G. Pigeard was a French artist and sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France.[1] G. Pigeard as helmsman did not finish in the Mixed Open, and finished 11th in the Mixed 0.5 to 1 Ton, sailing the boat Demi-Mondaine.[2]

He is mentioned in a memoir by the painter Charles Picart Le Doux. After World War I, on a sentimental walk through Montmartre in Paris, Picart Le Doux writes,

I searched in vain for traces of the studio that the painter-navigator Pigeard had built with demolition materials…along Avenue Junot. It was with Pigeard that I made my debut as an "amateur yachtman," in Le Havre, on his monotype. I even made imaginary journeys in his little Chinese room, after smoking a few pipes of opium.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "G. Pigeard Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ "G. Pigeard". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Picart Le Doux, Charles. Monelle de Montmartre, preface by Pierre Mac Orlan, illustrations by the author, Paris, 1953, p. 89.

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