Meg Gaillard

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Meg Gaillard
Personal information
Full nameMary Ellen Gaillard
Born (1973-08-08) August 8, 1973 (age 52)
Huntington, New York, United States
Sport
Sailing career
ClassEurope
College teamConnecticut College
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Salvador da Bahia Europe
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Cádiz Europe

Mary Ellen Gaillard (born August 8, 1973) is an American competitive sailor who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]

Sailing career

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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

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Meg Gaillard is the daughter of Ann and Skip Gaillard.[3]

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