Alan Roura
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born | Onex | 26 February 1993
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Class(es) | IMOCA 60 |
Alan Roura is a Swiss professional sailor born on 26 February 1993 in Onex (Switzerland). At the age of 23, in the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe, he is the youngest competitor in the history of the event, of which he finished 12th. In 2019, on La Fabrique, the second Imoca of the name, he set a solo crossing of the North Atlantic on a 60-foot monohull crossing in a record time of 7 days, 16 hours, 58 minutes and 25 seconds he is currently competing in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe.[1]
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Results[]
2020–21: Vendée Globe – TBC
2020 : Défi Azimut – 14th
2020 : Transat Jacques Vabre – 21th
2019: Défi Azimut – 15th
2019: Rolex Fastnet Race – 8th
2019: Single handed North Atlantic crossing record – 7d 16h 55mn
2018: Route du Rhum – 7th
2018: Monaco Globe Series – 6th
2017: Transat Jacques Vabre – 9th
2016–17: Vendée Globe – 12th
2015: Transat Jacques Vabre – 10th in Class40
2015: Grand Prix Guyader – 7th
2014: Route du Rhum – Retired Class40
2013: Mini Transat – 11th
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saint-Malo
- Swiss male sailors (sport)
- Class 40 class sailors
- IMOCA 60 class sailors
- Swiss Vendee Globe sailors
- 2016 Vendee Globe sailors
- 2020 Vendee Globe sailors
- Vendée Globe finishers
- Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
- Swiss sportspeople stubs
- Swiss yacht racing biography stubs