Bernard Malivoire

Bernard Robert Malivoire (born April 20, 1938 in Bergerac , † December 18, 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a French helmsman in rowing . He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 .

Raymond Salles and Gaston Mercier rowed for the Société d'Encouragement du Sport Nautique . Since they did not have a suitable helmsman, they tried the son of a rower from the Société Nautique de la Marne . Bernard Malivoire was only 14 years old in 1952 but matched Salles and Mercier. This team competed at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in two with a helmsman .

The French won in Helsinki in the second run and in the first semifinals and, like the Italian European champions from 1949 to 1951, Giuseppe Ramani , Aldo Tarlao and helmsman Luciano Marion, had reached the final without defeat. The Germans Helmut Heinhold , Heinz Manchen and Helmut Noll , the Finns and the Danes reached the finals from the hope runs . In the final, the French won three and a half seconds ahead of the Germans. The Danes received the bronze medal ahead of the Italians and the Finns.

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Die Chronik II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 320 note 397.

Web links

• Bernard Malivoire in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )