Boiteux competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, when he was 19 and earned a gold medal in 400m freestyle.

1952年，年仅19岁的布瓦特在芬兰赫尔辛基奥运会上夺得400米自由泳金牌。

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France's first Olympic swimming champion, Jean Boiteux, has died at 76 after falling from a tree he had been pruning, local media reported.

据当地媒体报道，法国首位奥运游泳冠军让·布瓦特在修剪树枝时，不慎从树上摔下身亡，终年76岁。

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He also revealed that a French helicopter pilot, Lieutenant Damien Boiteux, was killed in Friday's fighting - during an air raid to support Mali's ground troops in the battle for Konna.

BBC: Hollande steps up France security over Mali and Somalia