Bertrand Vecten

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Bertrand Benoît Marie Vecten (born February 26, 1972 in Compiègne ) is a former French rower . In 1996 he won the Olympic silver medal in the four without a helmsman .

Athletic career

The 1.94 m tall Bertrand Vecten finished second in eighth place in the Nations Cup in 1992 , a forerunner of the U23 World Championships . In 1994 he also took eighth place at the World Championships in the adult class and reached fifth place. In 1995 at the World Championships in Tampere he was fourth in the four without a helmsman.

At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 , the French finished third behind the Australians and the Slovenes in the preliminary run. In the semi-finals, the French won ahead of the Italians and Australians, with all three boats crossing the finish line within 0.37 seconds. There was also a tight run-in in the final. Gold went to the Australians, 0.66 seconds ahead of the French Bertrand Vecten, Olivier Moncelet , Daniel Fauché and Gilles Bosquet . The third-placed British and the Slovenes were less than a second behind the French.

In 1997 at the World Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette, the British won almost four seconds ahead of the French, who competed in the same line-up as in 1996. In 1998 Vecten returned to eighth and finished ninth at the World Championships in Cologne . In 1999 at the World Cup in Lucerne, the French eighth came in eighth with Vecten, at the 1999 World Championships in St. Catharines Vecten was no longer there.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 837
  2. ↑ World Championship Finals 1997 at worldrowing.com
personal data
SURNAME Vecten, Bertrand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vecten, Bertrand Benoît Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French rower
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Compiègne