Christophe Espagnon

Christophe Espagnon (born 6 January 1976) is a French sailor, who specialized in the multihull (Tornado) class.[1] Together with his partner Xavier Revil, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the mixed multihull catamaran for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant eleventh position.[2] Outside his Olympic career, he and Revil gave the home crowd a further reason to celebrate with a bronze-medal finish at the 2005 Tornado Worlds in La Rochelle.[3] A member of La Rochelle Sailing Regatta (French: Société des Régates Rochelaises), Espagnon trained most of his competitive sporting career under the tutelage of his personal coach Philippe Neiras.[4]

Christophe Espagnon
Personal information
Nationality France
Born (1976-01-06) 6 January 1976
Talence, France
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Multihull
ClubSociété des Régates Rochelaises
CoachPhilippe Neiras
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing France
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 La Rochelle Tornado

Espagnon competed for the French sailing squad, as a 32-year-old crew member in the Tornado class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Building up their Olympic selection, he and skipper Revil finished a credible sixth in the golden fleet phase to lock one of the eleven quota places offered at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal.[5] The French duo started the series with a fantastic top-four mark on the second race; however, a broken halyard lock before race 4 and a wave of unimpressive tenths towards the final stretch bumped Espagnon and Revil out of the medal hunt to eleventh overall by a slight margin, amassing 69 net points.[2][6][7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christophe Espagnon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. "Voile. Tornado : les Espagnols champions olympiques" [Sailing. Tornado: the Spaniards become Olympic champions] (in French). Ouest-France. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. "Hagara Claims Bullet But Echavarri Leads". World Sailing. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. "Xavier Revil et Christophe Espagnon remportent le championnat Nord Américain" [Xavier Revil and Christophe Espagnon won the North American championship title] (in French). French Sailing Federation. 2 March 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. "Xavier Revil et Christophe Espagnon sélectionnés pour les JO en Tornado" [Xavier Revil and Christophe Espagnon were selected for the Olympics in Tornado] (in German). French Sailing Federation. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. "Spaniards Stay Ahead As Tornados Sail In Troubled Waters". World Sailing. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  7. "Beijing 2008: Open Tornado Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.


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