Thibaud Chapelle
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Thibaud Chapelle (born 9 May 1977 in Bron
Bron
Bron is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It lies east of Lyon. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side. It forms part of the Urban Community of Lyon.-History:...

) is a French Rower who has won medals in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 and World Championships with the French Rowing Team.

Awards

Chapelle has won a number of awards through his rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 career. Among his awards are Olympic Medals that he earned while rowing with the French National Rowing Team.

Olympic Games

Chapelle won just one medal in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

. That is below:

2000, Sydney, Australia- Chapelle won a Bronze medal in lightweight double sculls with Pascal Touron
Pascal Touron
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World Championships

Chapelle has won one medal in the World Championships. They are below:

2001, Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
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- Chapelle won a bronze medal in lightweight double sculls with Fabrice Moreau
Fabrice Moreau
Fabrice Moreau is a former French-Cameroonian footballer.Played in 17 different clubs before retiring at 36, in 2004. Born from a French father and a Cameroonian mother, he was a full international for the latter, although not in any major tournament's final stages.-External links:**...

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French/France Championships

Chapelle won 2 medals. This was in the French/France Championships. The medals are below:

Chapelle was Skiff
Skiff
The term skiff is used for a number of essentially unrelated styles of small boat. The word is related to ship and has a complicated etymology: "skiff" comes from the Middle English skif, which derives from the Old French esquif, which in turn derives from the Old Italian schifo, which is itself of...

 champion France
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...

in 2001 and 2002!
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