article_snippet: Camille Muffat, 25, a swimmer who won gold in the women's 400m freestyle in 2012, Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine, 28, who won bronze in Beijing in 2008, and sailor Florence Arthaud, 58, are all reported to be among the dead.
article_snippet: Alexis Vastine, a boxer who won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (left) and Florence Arthaud, who won the transatlantic sailing race Route du Rhum in 1990, were also reported to have been killed .
article_snippet: X' Twenty-eight-year-old Vastine claimed light welterweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, while 57-year-old Arthaud was considered one of the world's best sailors.
article_snippet: Khan, who secured a lightweight silver medal for GB at the 2004 Olympics before going on to become a pro world champion, told Press Association Sport: 'I'm very sad to hear of the passing of Alexis Vastine. '
article_snippet: I had the pleasure of competing against Khan, who secured a lightweight silver medal for GB at the 2004 Olympics before going on to become a pro world champion in the amateurs and would like to send my deepest condolences to all Khan, who secured a lightweight silver medal for GB at the 2004 Olympics before going on to become a pro world champion family and friends during this difficult time.'
article_snippet: Alexis Vastine won bronze for boxing in the Light Welterweight category at the Beijing Olympics, and competed at London 2012, but was knocked out in the quarter finals.
article_snippet: Irish boxer Paddy Barnes, who also won Bronze in 2008, tweeted of his shock at hearing about Vastine's death.
highlights_snippet: Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine and sailor Florence Arthuad also feared dead .
  