Auguste Donny
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| Full name | Joseph Augustin Donny | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1851 Béziers, Second French Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 September 1916 (aged 65) Yport | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | 2 to 3 ton Open class | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Cercle de la voile de Paris Yacht Club de France | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Augustin "Auguste" Donny (1 January 1851 — 22 September 1916)[1] was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.[2]
He was helmsman of the French boat Mignon 3, which won a bronze medal in the second race of the 2 to 3 ton class. He also participated in the Open class, but did not finish the race.[3]
Further reading
[edit]- Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale. 1901. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
References
[edit]- ^ Stéphane Gachet JO d'été. Tous les médaillés français de 1896 à nos jours, ed. Talent Sport, Paris 2023, p. 34
- ^ "Auguste Donny Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Auguste Donny". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
External links
[edit]- Auguste Donny at World Sailing (archived)
- Auguste Donny at Olympics.com
- Auguste Donny at Olympedia
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- 1851 births
- Sportspeople from Béziers
- French male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 2 to 3 ton
- Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class
- Olympic sailors for France
- 1916 deaths
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- French Olympic medalist stubs
- French sailing biography stubs