Morgan Lagravière

Morgan Lagravière is a French professional sailor born on 23rd May 1987[1] in Réunion[2] who was a member national Olympic squad before progressing into offshore sailing.

Morgan Lagravière
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1987-05-23) 23 May 1987
Réunion

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 2014 Route du Rhum.[3] Since March 5, 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 eighth edition of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe on November 6, 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 IMOCA campaign. He got back into the figaro sailing and joined the Gitana team as a helm trimmer for there 2020/2021 Jules Verne record attempts.[7]

Career highlights
YearPos.EventClassBoat NameNotesRef.
202028Formula Kite European ChampionshipsFormula Kite-held in Puck, POL[8][9]
20192Tour de Bretagne à la VoileBreizh Cola / Equithéwith Gildas Mahé[1]
20182Transat AG2RBénéteau FigaroBrittany - CMB Performancewith Sébastien Simon[3][1]
2016RET2016-2017 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60SaffronAbandoned after 18 days[1]
2016RETNew York – Vendée (Les Sables d’Olonne) RaceIMOCA 60SaffronCollision[10]
201412Formula 18 World ChampionshipFormula 18-held in Bangor, NI[9]
20133Solitaire du Figaro on VendéeBénéteau Figarowinner of the 3rd stage[1]
20118/41Solitaire du FigaroBénéteau Figaro[1]
20116Generali SoloBénéteau Figarohe won 3 out of 12 legs[1]
20111Tour of BrittanyBénéteau FigaroVENDEEwith Gildas Mahé[11]
20101349er World Championship49er Skiff-crewed by Yann Rocherieux
held in Freeport, BAH		[9]
20092249er World Championship49er SkiffFRA 1071crewed by Yann Rocherieux
held in Riva del Garda, ITA		[9][12][13]
2009649er European Championship49er Skiff-crewed by Yann Rocherieux
20082049er World Championship49er SkiffRougail Rivercrewed by Stéphane Christidis
held in Melbourne, AUS		[9]
2007449er European Championship49er Skiff-crewed by Stéphane Christidis[9]
20077ISAF Sailing World Championships49er Skiff-crewed by Stéphane Christidis
held in Cascais, POR		[9]
20054249er World Championship49er Skiff-crewed by Delpech Noi
held in Moscow, RUS		[9]
20054Mumm 30 World ChampionshipFarr 30-held in with La Trinite, FRA[9]
20033420 Class World Championships420-with Noe Delpech
held in Hayling Island (GBR)		[9][14]
20023420 Class World Championships420-with Noe Delpech
held in Tavira (POR)		[9][15]

Reference
  1. "Morgan lagravière". www.classefigarobeneteau.fr.
  2. "News - Morgan Lagravière at the helm of the new Safran - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.
  3. "Morgan LAGRAVIERE". www.imoca.org.
  4. "Kaïros, the new stronghold for IMOCA projects". www.imoca.org.
  5. "Damage to Safran Forces Vendée Globe Retirement >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. November 24, 2016.
  6. Editors, EuropaWire PR. "Safran to end 12 years of sponsoring the IMOCA Ocean Masters Circuit in June 2017".CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  7. "Jules Verne Trophy: Yet another truncated attempt for Gitana". January 22, 2021.
  8. "Sailwave results for 2020 Ford Kuga Formula Kite Individual European Championships at 18 - 23 August 2020 2020". formulakite.org.
  9. Morgan Lagravière at World Sailing
  10. "New York-Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race 2016 day 4 report | The Daily Sail". thedailysail.com.
  11. "Détail résultat". www.ffvoile.fr.
  12. "Is Camping Therapy For You?".
  13. "Seiko 49er World Championship Regatta - Series Standing". www.regattanetwork.com.
  14. "Regatta Information". sailing.org.
  15. "Regatta Information". sailing.org.


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