Julien Francis Bontemps (born 1 June 1979 in

Épinal Épinal (; german: Spinal) is a commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges department. Geography The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, south of Nancy. Épinal station has rail connecti ...

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

) is a male

windsurfer Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...

from

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, who won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is married to Irina Konstantinova, an Olympic windsurfer.

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* * * 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Épinal French windsurfers Olympic sailors of France French male sailors (sport) Olympic silver medalists for France Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in sailing RS:X class world champions 21st-century French people 20th-century French people {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub