![]() Guylaine Marchand, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | La Flèche, France | 1 June 1969||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Adaptive rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Bone cancer survivor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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