G. Pigeard

G. Pigeard

Personal information
Nationality	French
Sailing career
Class(es)	0.5 to 1 ton Open class
Club	CVP

G. Pigeard was a French artist and sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France.^[1] G. Pigeard as helmsman did not finish in the Mixed Open, and finished 11th in the Mixed 0.5 to 1 Ton, sailing the boat Demi-Mondaine.^[2]

He is mentioned in a memoir by the painter Charles Picart Le Doux. After World War I, on a sentimental walk through Montmartre in Paris, Picart Le Doux writes,

I searched in vain for traces of the studio that the painter-navigator Pigeard had built with demolition materials…along Avenue Junot. It was with Pigeard that I made my debut as an "amateur yachtman," in Le Havre, on his monotype. I even made imaginary journeys in his little Chinese room, after smoking a few pipes of opium.^[3]

References

1. "G. Pigeard Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
2. "G. Pigeard". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. Picart Le Doux, Charles. Monelle de Montmartre, preface by Pierre Mac Orlan, illustrations by the author, Paris, 1953, p. 89.

Further reading

• 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 24 April 2014.

External links

• G. Pigeard at Olympedia