Pierre Gervais was a French

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 ...

and Olympic champion. Gervais competed 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 ...

, where he won first prize in one of the two races in the ''0-½ ton'' class, and obtained a third place in the other race.Profile: Pierre Gervais
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* French male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 0 to .5 ton Olympic sailors for France Olympic gold medalists for France Year of birth missing Year of death missing Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in sailing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub