Emile Thubron
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  France |
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| Men’s motorboat racing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1908 London | Open class | |
Emile Thubron was a French motorboat racer and Olympic champion. He competed with his boat Camille in Class A (the open class) at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal.[1][2] He finished the forty nautical miles in 2:26:53, and Camille was the only boat to finish that race.
[edit] References
- ^ "1908 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Motor Boating" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 6, 2008)
- ^ Floyd Conner, "The Olympics' most wanted : The top 10 book of gold medal gaffes, improbable triumphs, and other oddities" (Brassey's, Inc, 2001) [ISBN 1-57488-413-1]
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