Gaston Cailleux was a

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

from

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, who represented his country at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

in Meulan,

. With Henri Monnot as helmsman and fellow crewmember

Léon Tellier Léon Tellier was a French sailor, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan Meulan-en-Yvelines (; formerly just ''Meulan'') is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. ...

, Cailleux took 3rd place in first race of the 0 to 0.5 ton and finished 4th in the second race.

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* French male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 0 to .5 ton Olympic sailors for France Year of birth missing Year of death missing Olympic bronze medalists for France Place of birth missing Place of death missing Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub

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