Jacques Doucet (sailor)

{{short description|French sailor}}

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| name = Jacques Doucet

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| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{birth date|1853|2|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris

| death_date = {{death date and age|1929|10|30|1853|2|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine

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| classes = 2 to 3 ton
Open class

| club = Cercle de la voile de Paris
Yacht-Club de France

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal | Silver | 1900 Paris | 2 — 3 ton 1st race }}

{{Medal | Silver | 1900 Paris | 2 — 3 ton 2nd race }}

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Jacques Doucet (19 February 1853 in Paris – 30 October 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)Stéphane Gachet JO d'été. Tous les médaillés français de 1896 à nos jours, ed. Talent Sport, Paris 2023, p. 22 was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

He was the crew member of the French boat Favorite 1, which won two silver medals in the races of the 2 to 3 ton class. He also participated in the Open class, but did not finish the race.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61865 |title=Jacques Doucet |work=Olympedia |accessdate=29 December 2020}}

A memoir by the French painter Charles Picart Le Doux suggests that Doucet did not survive World War I.Picart Le Doux, Charles (1953). Monelle de Montmartre, preface by Pierre Mac Orlan, illustrations by the author, Paris, 1953, p. 42: "Many, like dear Doucet, had disappeared, were dead."