Xavier Maniguet

French intelligence officer (1946–2009)

Xavier Maniguet

Born	17 October 1946 Arques-la-Bataille
Died	22 March 2009 (aged 62)

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Xavier Maniguet (17 October 1946 – 22 March 2009) was a French medical writer, doctor and intelligence service (DGSE) agent.

Along with Roland Verge, Gerald Andries and Jean-Michel Barcelo, Maniguet bombed the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand's Auckland Harbour on 10 July 1985.

A specialist in aviation medicine, hyperbaric medicine and sports medicine,^[1] he died on 23 March 2009 at the controls of a light plane on the glacier near St. Sorlin St. Sorlin d'Arves, after taking off from the airfield in Meribel (France).^[2]^[3]

Bibliography

L'Aventure pour l'aventure, Carrère-Lafon, 1986
Survivre, comment vaincre en milieu hostile, Albin Michel, 1988, (Survival, how to prevail in hostile environments, Facts On File Inc, 1994)^[4]
Naufragés. Comment survivre en mer, Filipacchi, 1989
Le Guide de l'homme d'action, Albin Michel, 1990
Les Dents de la mort, Robert Laffont, J'ai Lu, 1991 (The Jaws of Death: Sharks As Predator, Man As Prey, HarperCollins, 1992)^[5]^[6]
Les Énergies du stress, Robert Laffont, 1994
La Montagne et vous, guide pratique, Albin Michel, 2000
Mieux être. Vivre longtemps en pleine forme, sans gélules et sans stress, 2005
French Bomber. Enfin la vérité sur le Rainbow Warrior, 2007
Bien vivre avec son stress. Les bienfaits de la méthode Emostress, De Vecchi, 2009

References

^ NZPA (29 March 2009). "Rainbow Warrior agent dies in crash". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Catherine Field (25 March 2009). "Rainbow Warrior agent dies in plane crash". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
^ Décès de Xavier Maniguet, l’un des protagonistes de l’affaire du Rainbow Warrior, Ouest-France March 23, 2009.
^ Survival: How to Prevail in Hostile Environments, on books.google.fr, 1994.
^ The Jaws of Death: Shark as Predator, Man as Prey, on books.google.fr, 1992.
^ Brendan Obrien, The Jaws Of Death by Xavier Maniguet Archived 2 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine, on archive.divernet.com, 1994