Faustine Lucie Merret (born 13 March 1978 in
Brest
Brest may refer to:
Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
* Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
* Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
) is a French
windsurfer
Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...
, who became Olympic champion at the
2004 Summer Olympics in the windsurfing class.
She also has won several medals at World and European championships in the mistral and RS:X windsurfing classes.
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1978 births
Living people
French windsurfers
Olympic sailors for France
French female sailors (sport)
Olympic gold medalists for France
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Olympic medalists in sailing
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Brest, France
21st-century French women
Female windsurfers
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