Alphonse Bouton (15 April 1908 – 27 April 1989) was a French

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. He competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

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with the men's eight where they were eliminated in the semi-final.

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1908 births 1989 deaths French male rowers Olympic rowers for France Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{France-rowing-bio-stub