Jacques Rosseau
Encyclopedia
Jacques Rosseau is a French
slalom canoer
who competed in the late 1940s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 event at the 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
in Geneva
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
slalom canoer
Slalom canoeing
Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
who competed in the late 1940s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 event at the 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation.-Note:Only two teams competed in the men's C-1 team, men's C-2 team, and women's folding K-1 team events.-Canoe:-Kayak:...
in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
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