Meg Gaillard
American yacht racer
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Mary Ellen Gaillard (born August 8, 1973) is an American competitive sailor who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Full name | Mary Ellen Gaillard | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 8, 1973 Huntington, New York, United States | |||||||||||||||||
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| Class | Europe | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Connecticut College | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sailing career
Gaillard was born in Huntington, New York.[2] During her youth, she sailed Optimist dinghy and with the family's Etchells.[3] She attended Connecticut College, graduating in 1995, where she also represented the school's sailing and soccer teams.[4]
Meg Gaillard won the bronze medal at the 2000 Europe World Championships in Brazil.[5] She was then runner-up in the 2000 US Olympic trials for the Europe event and missed the cut.[4] Gaillard won another bronze medal in the Eurepoe class at the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[6] For the next Olympics, she qualified for the Olympic Europe event.[4] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Gaillard finished 14th.[2]
Personal life
Meg Gaillard is the daughter of Ann and Skip Gaillard.[3]
