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Michel Desjoyeaux
Michel Desjoyeaux in 2012.
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16 July 1965 (1965-07-16) (age 58) Concarneau
Michel Desjoyeaux (born 16 July 1965 in Concarneau) is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races. He won the Vendée Globe race in 2000-01 and 2008–09,[1] making him the only person to win that race more than once. In 2014–15, he was watch captain, on leg 1 on Mapfre in the Volvo Ocean Race.[2]
Géant at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, Le Havre, 6 November 2005
Foncia, IMOCA 60, 24th oct 2010
^Guillaume Loisy (13 May 2009). "Desjoyeaux, ce héros". Le Figaro (in French).
MichelDesjoyeaux (born 16 July 1965 in Concarneau) is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races...
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acclaimed sailors, such as: Éric Tabarly, Loïck Peyron, Jean Le Cam, MichelDesjoyeaux, Olivier de Kersauson, Thomas Coville, Vincent Riou and Marc Pajot...
world, which was only 36 hours more than the real winner of the race, MichelDesjoyeaux. The game inspired the 200-page novel Sur la vague virtuelle du vendée...
Round the World Yacht Race. Le Cam was crewman with Éric Tabarly and MichelDesjoyeaux, and won the Solitaire du Figaro in 1994, 1996, and 1999. He later...
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American poker player 1964 – Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist 1965 – MichelDesjoyeaux, French sailor 1965 – Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player 1966...
in his boat Olympus Photo by a margin of 98 seconds over second-placed Michel Malinovsky in Kriter V, was held in 1978, and was marked in tragedy by the...
charities, including the WWF. Florence Artaud Alain Colas Clarisse Crémer MichelDesjoyeaux Jean Le Cam Armel Le Cléac’h Bernard Moitessier Éric Tabarly Jean-Luc...
Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost) and also significant input from MichelDesjoyeaux. It is an innovative hull, marked by a double chain and a bridge in...
Fully electric record attempt August 2012 2 h 21 m 25 s MOD 70 Foncia MichelDesjoyeaux Set during Cowes Week November 2001 2 h 33 m 55 s Catamaran PlayStation...
techniques, matériel, montages, 2018, edited by Fleurus, prefaced by MichelDesjoyeaux. ISBN 9791027101849 Pêche facile du bar aux appâts et aux leurres...
Telecommunicazioni in 158 day 2 hrs 37 min, 65 days after winner MichelDesjoyeaux although he was in an IMOCA 50 not 60 like all other finishers. "About...
days, 38 minutes and 43 seconds: Record of the Race 1st monohull 60: MichelDesjoyeaux and Emmanuel Le Borgne on Foncia in 17 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes and...
Vodafone (NZ) [32] 60'ORMA trimaran, Composite carbon nomex Skipped by MichelDesjoyeaux (Geant): -Winner of the Route Du Rhum in 2002 -Winner of the Transat...
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