Raymond Salles

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Raymond Julien Salles (born July 18, 1920 in Paris , † June 15, 1996 in Créteil ) was a French rower . 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 round and in the first semifinals and, like the Italian European champions from 1949 to 1951 - Giuseppe Ramani , Aldo Tarlao and helmsman Luciano Marion - 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.

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SURNAME Salles, Raymond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salles, Raymond Julien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French rower
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1996
Place of death Créteil