Lionel GIRARD
Lionel Girard
Technical Chairman Rowing
Lionel GIRARD (FRA)
DATE of BIRTH August 29th, 1953 MARITAL STATUS Married to Dorota, 3 children EDUCATION/UNIVERSITY DEGREE Master in physical education, University of Paris (National Institut of Sport and Physical Education), France (1978) A level, Nantes, France (1974) LANGUAGES French, Polish, English, Spanish CAREER PE Teacher at Ste Luce College from 1978 to 1986 Since 1986: the responsible of Sport at the Department of Sciences at the University of Nantes . Since 1996: Responsible of the Rowing at the University of Nantes SPORTS PRACTISED Rowing, Handball, Athletics, Football, Rugby, Gymnastics SPORTS CAREER Member of the national French rowing team from 1971 to 1981 8th place at the Olympic Games in 1976 - Montréal (CAN) 4th place at the World Rowing Championships in 1977 - Karapiro (NZL) 5th place at the World Junior Rowing Championships in 1971 - Bled (YUG) Individual and team European Cup winner in 1976 - Tours (FRA) Member of the French student’s team in 1976 and 1980 10 times French champion. Competitive practice in Handball, Rugby, Football, and Athletics SPORTS ADMINISTRATION Since 2000, Vice-President of the French Rowing Federation - in charge of: university and school rowing; costal rowing and the youth commission. Since 2001, General-Secretary of the "Coupe de la Jeunesse", international Junior event between 12 European nations. University National coach of the “Fédération Francaise Sport Universitaire”. Founder (1985) and actual manager of the University of Nantes Rowing Club Founder (1981) of the International University Rowing Regatta of Nantes named "Régataïades" FUNCTION within FISU Technical Chairman Rowing since 1998