Alan Roura

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. 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]

Alan Roura
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993
Onex
Sailing career
Class(es)IMOCA 60

Results

PosYearEventClassBoat NameNotesRef.
Round the World Races
172020–212020–2021 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60La Fabrique (2)095d 06h 09m 56s [2]
122016–17:2016–2017 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60La Fabrique (1)105d 20h 10m 32s [3]
Trans Oceanic Races
212020Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60La Fabrique (2)with  Sébastien Audigane (FRA)
16d 05h 13m 30s
92017Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60La Fabrique (2)with  Frédéric Denis (FRA)
16h 02h 04m 16s
102015Transat Jacques VabreClass40Club 103with  Juliette Petrès (FRA)
32d 22h 38m 35s
72018Route du RhumIMOCA 60La Fabrique (2)15d 02h 25m 37s [4][5]
RET2014Route du RhumClass40
112013Mini Transat
2019Single handed North Atlantic crossing record7d 16h 55m
Other Results
142020Défi Azimut
152019Défi Azimut
82019Rolex Fastnet Race
62018Monaco Globe Series
72015Grand Prix Guyader

References

  1. "Alan Roura s'offre une machine de guerre". Le Temps (in French). 2021-10-27. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. "Switzerland's Alan Roura (La Fabrique), finishes 17th in the Vendée Globe". 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  3. "News – Alan Roura takes twelfth place – Vendée Globe – En". vendeeglobe.org.
  4. "2018 Skipper Profile - Alan Roura". Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  5. "Results". Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-25.


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