Léon Huybrechts (11 February 1876 – 9 February 1956) was a Belgian

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. While the term ''sailor'' ...

and Olympic champion. He competed at the

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, where he won a gold medal in the '' French National Monotype 1924''. He won silver medals in the ''6 m class'' in 1908 and 1920.

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* * * 1876 births 1956 deaths Belgian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Sailors at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Monotype Sailors at the 1924 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Sailors at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy Olympic sailors for Belgium Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub