![]() Vincent Saurin in 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 17 April 1907 | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 December 1991 | (aged 84)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
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Vincent Saurin (17 April 1907 – 13 December 1991) [1] was a French rower who specialised in single sculls. In this event he won nine national titles [2] and three medals at the European championships of 1931–1934. [3] He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final. [3] [4] Later he changed to coxless fours and won medals at French championships in 1939 and 1943. [5] [6] Between 1952 and 1988 he served as president of Société Nautique De Lagny Aviron. [7]