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 which he finished in 12th place, he became the youngest competitor in the history of the event. 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. After 95 days at sea, he finished 17th in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe. In October 2021, Alan Roura and his sponsors announced the purchase of a new IMOCA 60 for the Vendée Globe 2024: The ex hugo boss, a 2019 VPLP-Design previously owned by the British skipper Alex Thomson.[1]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born | 26 February 1993 Onex |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | IMOCA 60 |
Results
edit| Pos | Year | Event | Class | Boat Name | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round the World Races | ||||||
| 17 | 2020–21 | 2020–2021 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | La Fabrique (2) | 95d 06h 09m 56s | [2] |
| 12 | 2016–17: | 2016–2017 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | La Fabrique (1) | 105d 20h 10m 32s | [3] |
| Trans Oceanic Races | ||||||
| 21 | 2020 | Transat Jacques Vabre | IMOCA 60 | La Fabrique (2) | with  Sébastien Audigane (FRA)16d 05h 13m 30s |
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| 9 | 2017 | Transat Jacques Vabre | IMOCA 60 | La Fabrique (2) | with Frédéric Denis (FRA) 16h 02h 04m 16s |
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| 10 | 2015 | Transat Jacques Vabre | Class40 | Club 103 | with Juliette Petrès (FRA) 32d 22h 38m 35s |
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| 7 | 2018 | Route du Rhum | IMOCA 60 | La Fabrique (2) | 15d 02h 25m 37s | [4][5] |
| RET | 2014 | Route du Rhum | Class40 | |||
| 11 | 2013 | Mini Transat | ||||
| 2019 | Single handed North Atlantic crossing record | 7d 16h 55m | ||||
| Other Results | ||||||
| 14 | 2020 | Défi Azimut | ||||
| 15 | 2019 | Défi Azimut | ||||
| 8 | 2019 | Rolex Fastnet Race | ||||
| 6 | 2018 | Monaco Globe Series | ||||
| 7 | 2015 | Grand Prix Guyader | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Alan Roura s'offre une machine de guerre". Le Temps (in French). 2021-10-27. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- ^ "Switzerland's Alan Roura (La Fabrique), finishes 17th in the Vendée Globe". 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ "News – Alan Roura takes twelfth place – Vendée Globe – En". vendeeglobe.org.
- ^ "2018 Skipper Profile - Alan Roura". Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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