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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Mary Ellen Gaillard (born August 8, 1973) is an American competitive sailor who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1]
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]
Meg Gaillard is the daughter of Ann and Skip Gaillard. [3]
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