Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (born 8 May 1975 in

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) is a French sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat ( Star) class. He represented

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, along with his partner and six-time Olympian Xavier Rohart at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training for Ouest Nautical Sports Club (french: Sport Nautique de l'Ouest) throughout most of his sporting career. As of September 2014, Leboucher is ranked forty-first in the world for fleet racing and keelboat by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the

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and 2012 Star World Championships. Ponsot qualified as a crew member for the French squad in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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by finishing ninth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in

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. Teaming with his partner Rohart in the opening series, the French duo delivered a powerful lead in the first leg, but came up short for the podium with an accumulated net score of 86 points and a satisfying ninth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.

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* * * * * 1975 births Living people French male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for France Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star People from Granville, Manche Sportspeople from Manche {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub