Oliver Bone (born April 29, 1981) is a Canadian sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (

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) class. He represented Canada, along with his partner Stéphane Locas, at the

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, finishing last from a fleet of twenty-nine entries. Currently, Bone trains for the

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in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Bone qualified as a crew member for the Canadian squad in the men's 470 class at the

in Beijing, by placing twenty-ninth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in

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. Teaming with skipper Stéphane Locas in the eleven-race series, the Canadian duo struggled to catch up with the rest of the boats for most of the legs that sat them at the far bottom of the leaderboard with 205 net points. He represented Canada at the

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* * * * * 1981 births Living people Canadian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Canada Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors (sport) from Montreal {{Canada-yachtracing-bio-stub