FRANCOIS GABART record du Monde à la Voile

François Gabart
	François Gabart in Nice, September 2007.
Personal information
Born	23 March 1983 (age 34); Saint-Michel-d’Entraygues, France

François Gabart (born 23 March 1983 in Saint-Michel-d’Entraygues, France) is a French professional offshore yacht racer who won the 2012-13 Vendée Globe in 78 days 2 hours 16 minutes, setting a new race record.^[1]

Results[edit]

2013 :
- Winner of 2012-2013 Vendée Globe on board IMOCA Macif (fr) (new record in 78d 2h 16′ 40″)
- Winner of doublehanded Fastnet Race, with Michel Desjoyeaux, on board IMOCA Macif
- Winner of doublehanded Artemis Challenge, with Michel Desjoyeaux, on board IMOCA Macif
- Winner of doublehanded Trophée Azimut, with Michel Desjoyeaux, on board IMOCA Macif
- 2nd of Défi Azimut on board IMOCA Macif
2012 :
- 2nd of Europa Warm’Up on board IMOCA Macif
2011 :
- Winner of Transat B to B on board IMOCA Macif
- 2nd of Trophée Clairefontaine
- 4th of Transat Jacques Vabre, doublehanded, with Sébastien Col on board IMOCA Macif
2010 :
- Singlehanded offshore racing french champion
- 2nd of Solitaire du Figaro on board Figaro Macif
2009 :
- 2nd of Transat Jacques Vabre, with Kito de Pavant, on board IMOCA Groupe Bel
- 3rd of Transat BPE (Figaro class)
- 13th of Solitaire du Figaro
2008 :
- 16th of Solitaire du Figaro
2007 :
- Winner of Tour de France à la voile for students
2006 :
- Podium Bizuth (rookies podium) Course des Falaises (Figaro class)
- London-Nice on board 60-ft trimaran Sopra (skipper Antoine Koch)
2005 :
- Winner of Tour de France à la voile for students
2003 :
- Tornado Junior World Champion
1999 :
- Moth France Champion
1997 :
- Optimist France Champion