Morgan Lagravière

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Morgan Lagravière
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Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1987-05-23) 23 May 1987 (age 34)
Réunion

Morgan Lagravière (born 23 May 1987[1] in Réunion[2]) is a French professional sailor who was a member of the National Olympic squad before progressing into offshore sailing.

Sailing background[]

He comes from a dinghy sailing background from posium position the 420 Worlds he moved into the 49er class ending up as the reserve pair for the 2008 Summer Olympics together with Stéphane Christidis.

In 2014 he joined the Safran Sailing Team taking over from Marc Guillemot after 2014 Route du Rhum.[3] Since March 5, 2015, he has been the skipper of the 60-foot IMOCA Safran II, the first IMOCA to be fitted with hydrofoils. With the assistance of Roland Jourdain, whose company Kairos manages the Safran project, he prepared to compete eighth edition of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe on November 6, 2016.[4] However, after 18 days of racing while in 4th place, he was forced to retire due to saffron damage sustained after hitting an unidentified floating object.[5] After 12 years in the sport, Saffran pulled out of sailing sponsorship.[6] He then tried to put together for the next Vendée Globe campaign, again with Roland Jourdain, but failed to secure the funding and ended up helping Isobel Joske IMOCA campaign. He got back into the figaro sailing and joined the Gitana team as a helm trimmer for there 2020/2021 Jules Verne record attempts.[7]

Career highlights[]

Year Pos. Event Class Boat Name Notes Ref.
2020 28 Formula Kite European Championships Formula Kite - held in Puck, POL [8][9]
2019 2 Tour de Bretagne à la Voile Breizh Cola / Equithé with Gildas Mahé [1]
2018 2 Transat AG2R Bénéteau Figaro Brittany - CMB Performance with Sébastien Simon [3][1]
2016 RET 2016-2017 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Saffron Abandoned after 18 days [1]
2016 RET New York – Vendée (Les Sables d’Olonne) Race IMOCA 60 Saffron Collision [10]
2014 12 Formula 18 World Championship Formula 18 - held in Bangor, NI [9]
2013 3 Solitaire du Figaro on Vendée Bénéteau Figaro winner of the 3rd stage [1]
2011 8/41 Solitaire du Figaro Bénéteau Figaro [1]
2011 6 Generali Solo Bénéteau Figaro he won 3 out of 12 legs [1]
2011 1 Tour of Brittany Bénéteau Figaro VENDEE with Gildas Mahé [11]
2010 13 49er World Championship 49er Skiff - crewed by Yann Rocherieux
held in Freeport, BAH		 [9]
2009 22 49er World Championship 49er Skiff FRA 1071 crewed by Yann Rocherieux
held in Riva del Garda, ITA		 [9][12][13]
2009 6 49er European Championship 49er Skiff - crewed by Yann Rocherieux
2008 20 49er World Championship 49er Skiff Rougail River crewed by Stéphane Christidis
held in Melbourne, AUS		 [9]
2007 4 49er European Championship 49er Skiff - crewed by Stéphane Christidis [9]
2007 7 ISAF Sailing World Championships 49er Skiff - crewed by Stéphane Christidis
held in Cascais, POR		 [9]
2005 42 49er World Championship 49er Skiff - crewed by Delpech Noi
held in Moscow, RUS		 [9]
2005 4 Mumm 30 World Championship Farr 30 - held in with La Trinite, FRA [9]
2003 3 420 Class World Championships 420 - with Noe Delpech
held in Hayling Island (GBR)		 [9][14]
2002 3 420 Class World Championships 420 - with Noe Delpech
held in Tavira (POR)		 [9][15]

Gallery[]

  • Morgan Lagravière (7).jpg
  • Morgan Lagravière Vendée Figaro 2012 PL.JPG
  • Morgan Lagravière Yannig Livory Figaro 2012.JPG
  • Morgan Lagravière.jpg
  • Vendée Globe 2016 - Morgan Lagravière (30844012396).jpg
  • Morgan Lagravière (2).jpg
  • Safran II(1).jpg

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Morgan lagravière". www.classefigarobeneteau.fr.
  2. ^ "News - Morgan Lagravière at the helm of the new Safran - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.
  3. ^ a b "Morgan LAGRAVIERE". www.imoca.org.
  4. ^ "Kaïros, the new stronghold for IMOCA projects". www.imoca.org.
  5. ^ "Damage to Safran Forces Vendée Globe Retirement >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. November 24, 2016.
  6. ^ Editors, EuropaWire PR. "Safran to end 12 years of sponsoring the IMOCA Ocean Masters Circuit in June 2017". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Jules Verne Trophy: Yet another truncated attempt for Gitana". January 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "Sailwave results for 2020 Ford Kuga Formula Kite Individual European Championships at 18 - 23 August 2020 2020". formulakite.org.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Morgan Lagravière at World Sailing
  10. ^ "New York-Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race 2016 day 4 report | The Daily Sail". thedailysail.com.
  11. ^ "Détail résultat". www.ffvoile.fr.
  12. ^ "Is Camping Therapy For You?".
  13. ^ "Seiko 49er World Championship Regatta - Series Standing". www.regattanetwork.com.
  14. ^ "Regatta Information". sailing.org.
  15. ^ "Regatta Information". sailing.org.

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