Bernard de Pourtalès
Bernard de Pourtalès 
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 Switzerland
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| Birthday: | June 5, 1870 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bellevue GE | |||||||||
| Date of death: | July 6, 1935 | |||||||||
| Place of death: | Casablanca , Morocco | |||||||||
| Society: | Société Nautique de Genève | |||||||||
| Boat classes: | 1 to 2 tons | |||||||||
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Bernard Alexandre Georges Edmond de Pourtalès (born June 5, 1870 in Bellevue GE , † July 6, 1935 in Casablanca ) was a Swiss sailor .
He belonged to the Pourtalès family , who had been raised to the rank of count in 1815 by the Prussian king (at the time also Prince of Neuchâtel ). His father was the painter Auguste de Pourtalès .
At the Sailing Olympics in Paris in 1900 , Bernard de Pourtalès formed the crew of the boat Lérina , together with his uncle Hermann de Pourtalès and his aunt Hélène de Pourtalès , which competed in the 1 to 2 ton class. They won the first race on the Seine in Meulan-en-Yvelines and came second in the second, separately ranked race.
Web links
- Bernard de Pourtalès in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Pourtalès, Bernard de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pourtalès, Bernard Alexandre Georges Edmond de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellevue , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1935 |
| Place of death | Casablanca , French Morocco |