Morgan Lagravière Explained
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| Nationality: | French |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Réunion |
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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 the 2014 Route du Rhum.[3] Since 5 March 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 in the eighth edition of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe on 6 November 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's IMOCA campaign. He got back into the figaro sailing and joined the Gitana team as a helm trimmer for their 2020/2021 Jules Verne record attempts.[7]
Career highlights
| Year | Pos. | Event | Class | Boat Name | Notes | Ref. |
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| 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 | |
| 2018 | 2 | Transat AG2R | | Brittany - CMB Performance | with Sébastien Simon | |
| 2016 | RET | | | Saffron | Abandoned after 18 days | |
| 2016 | RET | New York – Vendée (Les Sables d’Olonne) Race | | Saffron | Collision | [10] |
| 2014 | 12 | Formula 18 World Championship | | - | held in Bangor, NI | |
| 2013 | 3 | Solitaire du Figaro on Vendée | | | winner of the 3rd stage | |
| 2011 | 8/41 | | | | | |
| 2011 | 6 | Generali Solo | | | he won 3 out of 12 legs | |
| 2011 | 1 | Tour of Brittany | | VENDEE | with Gildas Mahé | [11] |
| 2010 | 13 | 49er World Championship | | - | crewed by Yann Rocherieux
held in Freeport, BAH | |
| 2009 | 22 | 49er World Championship | | FRA 1071 | crewed by Yann Rocherieux
held in Riva del Garda, ITA | [12] [13] |
| 2009 | 6 | 49er European Championship | | - | | |
| 2008 | 20 | 49er World Championship | | Rougail River | crewed by Stéphane Christidis
held in Melbourne, AUS | |
| 2007 | 4 | 49er European Championship | | - | | |
| 2007 | 7 | | | - | crewed by Stéphane Christidis
held in Cascais, POR | |
| 2005 | 42 | 49er World Championship | | - | crewed by Delpech Noi
held in Moscow, RUS | |
| 2005 | 4 | Mumm 30 World Championship | | - | held in with La Trinite, FRA | |
| 2003 | 3 | | | - | with Noe Delpech
held in Hayling Island (GBR) | [14] |
| 2002 | 3 | | | - | with Noe Delpech
held in Tavira (POR) | [15] | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Morgan lagravière . www.classefigarobeneteau.fr . 2 February 2021 . 6 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206154145/https://www.classefigarobeneteau.fr/fr/skippers/morgan-lagraviere . live .
- Web site: News - Morgan Lagravière at the helm of the new Safran - Vendée Globe - En . www.vendeeglobe.org . 2 February 2021 . 13 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210213201218/https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/14201/morgan-lagraviere-at-the-helm-of-the-new-safran . live .
- Web site: Morgan LAGRAVIERE . www.imoca.org . 2 February 2021 . 6 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206213918/https://www.imoca.org/en/skippers-archives/morgan-lagraviere . live .
- Web site: Kaïros, the new stronghold for IMOCA projects . www.imoca.org . 2 February 2021 . 13 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210213113026/https://www.imoca.org/en/news/news/kairos-the-new-stronghold-for-imoca-projects . live .
- Web site: Damage to Safran Forces Vendée Globe Retirement >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News . 24 November 2016 . Scuttlebutt Sailing News . 2 February 2021 . 14 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221014015935/https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/11/24/damage-to-safran-forces-vendee-globe-retirement/ . live .
- Web site: Safran to end 12 years of sponsoring the IMOCA Ocean Masters Circuit in June 2017 . EuropaWire PR . Editors . 2 February 2021 . 14 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221014015936/https://news.europawire.eu/safran-to-end-12-years-of-sponsoring-the-imoca-ocean-masters-circuit-in-june-2017-765423134568790/eu-press-release/2017/02/08/15/13/49/50693/ . live .
- Web site: Jules Verne Trophy: Yet another truncated attempt for Gitana . 22 January 2021 . 2 February 2021 . 29 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129225527/https://www.catsailingnews.com/2021/01/jules-verne-trophy-yet-another-truncated-attempt-for-gitana.html . live .
- Web site: Sailwave results for 2020 Ford Kuga Formula Kite Individual European Championships at 18 - 23 August 2020 2020 . formulakite.org . 2 February 2021 . 7 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210207103553/https://formulakite.org/sailwave/results/2020FK_IndividualEuropeansMenFinal.htm . live .
- Web site: Morgan Lagravière . members.sailing.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132805/https://members.sailing.org/biog?id=FRAML145 . 2022-05-27.
- Web site: New York-Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race 2016 day 4 report | The Daily Sail . thedailysail.com . 2 February 2021 . 6 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206103956/https://thedailysail.com/offshore/16/68846/0/new-york-vendee-les-sables-d%E2%80%99olonne-race-2016-day-4-report . live .
- Web site: Détail résultat . www.ffvoile.fr . 2 February 2021 . 6 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206232833/http://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/ClmtCompetDet.asp?ClId=70333 . live .
- Web site: Is Camping Therapy For You? . 2 February 2021 . 21 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210621152022/https://49erworlds.org/is-camping-therapy-for-you/ . live .
- Web site: Seiko 49er World Championship Regatta - Series Standing . www.regattanetwork.com . 2 February 2021 . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507010641/https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=2381&show_country=1&show_hometown=1&show_crew=1&hide_yacht_club=1#top . live .
- Web site: Regatta Information . sailing.org.
- Web site: Regatta Information . sailing.org.
