Luc Pillot (born 10 July 1959) is a French
sailor
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The profession of the s ...
and Olympic champion.
He won a gold medal in the
470 class
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at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul
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, together with
Thierry Peponnet.
They received bronze medals in 1984.
Pillot won the
yachting
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race
Tour de France à la voile
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in 1998. He was the skipper of
Le Défi
Le Défi was a French America's Cup team that competed in the 1992, 1995, 2000 and 2003 Louis Vuitton Cups and in the first few Acts of the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. After 2005 Le Défi supported China Team.
History
Le Défi BTT competed in the 200 ...
at the
2003 Louis Vuitton Cup
The 6th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2003. The winner, Alinghi, went on to challenge for and win the 2003 America's Cup.
The teams
The Yacht Club Punta Ala was the challenger of record.
Alinghi
Founded by Swiss bus ...
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1959 births
Living people
French male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for France
Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – 470
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic medalists in sailing
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
2003 America's Cup sailors
470 class world champions
World champions in sailing for France
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