Michel Kermarec (born 20 June 1958) is a sailor from

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, who represented his country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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as helmsman in the

Soling The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...

. With crew members

Stanislas Dripaux Stanislas Dripaux (born 3 August 1962) is a sailor from Épinal, France. who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Busan, South Korea as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Michel Kermarec and fellow crew members Xavier Ph ...

and

Xavier Phelipon Xavier Phelipon (born 3 August 1962) is a sailor from Fontenay-le-Comte, France. who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Busan, South Korea as crew member in the Soling The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sa ...

they took the 6th place.

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Living people 1958 births Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for France French male sailors (sport) 20th-century French sportspeople {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub