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| Full name | Mary Ellen Gaillard | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1973-08-08) August 8, 1973 (age 51) Huntington, New York, United States | |||||||||||||||||
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| Class | Europe | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Connecticut College | |||||||||||||||||
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Mary Ellen Gaillard (born August 8, 1973) is an American competitive sailor who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Sailing career
Gaillard was born in Huntington, New York. During her youth, she sailed Optimist dinghy and with the family's Etchells. She attended Connecticut College, graduating in 1995, where she also represented the school's sailing and soccer teams.
Meg Gaillard won the bronze medal at the 2000 Europe World Championships in Brazil. She was then runner-up in the 2000 US Olympic trials for the Europe event and missed the cut. Gaillard won another bronze medal in the Eurepoe class at the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships. For the next Olympics, she qualified for the Olympic Europe event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Gaillard finished 14th.
Personal life
Meg Gaillard is the daughter of Ann and Skip Gaillard.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Meg Gaillard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ "Olympedia – Meg Galliard".
- ^ Kelly, Caitlin (July 25, 1999). "BOATING REPORT; Focused on Steering a Dinghy to Sydney". The New York Times.
- ^ "Meg Gaillard (2005) - Connecticut College Athletic Hall of Fame".
- "Europe World Championships Overall".
- "ISAF : ISAF Sailing World Championships 2003". Archived from the original on April 27, 2012.
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