Yves Hocdé

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Yves Hocdé (* 29. April 1973 in Nantes ) is a former French lightweight - rowers .

The 1.81 m tall Hocdé finished fourth with the French eighth at the 1990 World Junior Championships . In 1995 he won the bronze medal at the U23 World Championships in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman . At the 1997 World Rowing Championships , the lightweight four-man without a helmsman in the new composition with Xavier Dorfman , Frederic Pinon , Yves Hocdé and Laurent Porchier won the silver medal behind the Danish crew in front of a home crowd on Lac d'Aiguebelette . In 1998 in Cologne , the French boat with the same line-up again rowed silver behind the Danes. At the 1999 World Championships in St. Catharines, Canada, the Danes won ahead of the Australian foursome, while the French with Jean-David Bernard , Dorfman, Hocdè and Porchier received the bronze medal. In 2000 the French lightweight four-man won both the World Cup in Munich and Lucerne. At the Olympic Games in Sydney , the French team with Xavier Dorfman at the loft, Jean-Christophe Bette , Yves Hocdé and bowman Laurent Porchier won ahead of the Australian rowers and the Danes. At the 2001 World Rowing Championships, the lightweight foursome won the bronze medal in the line-up for Olympic victory; all four rowers also sat in the French lightweight eighth and received the gold medal in this boat class.

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SURNAME Hocdé, Yves
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes