French offshore sailor and navigator
Karen Leibovici
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Nationality | French |
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Born | (1971-03-05) 5 March 1971 (age 53) La Rochelle |
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Karen Leibovici is a French sailor born on 5 March 1971 in La Rochelle.
Biography
Karen's career remains marked by March 13, 2005: that day, at 9:04 p.m., she became the fourth female skipper to complete the Vendée Globe.[1][2]
She was subsequently awarded the Medal of Honour called the Ordre du Mérite Maritime for her commitment to the protection of the environment.
Career highlights
1998:
1999:
- Mini-Transat: abandonment [3]
2000:
- 1st of the Mini Barcelona
- 2nd Triangle of the Sun
- 1st Transmanche
2001
- 9th Transat 6.50 (La Rochelle-Salvador de Bahia)
- 1st Mini Fastnet
2002
2004
- 9th of the English Transat
2005
- 13th in the Vendée Globe out of 20 starters, on Benefic, the oldest of the boats involved, the famous "Red Cigare" (the former VDH boat)
2006
- 25th of the MAP trophy with the mini 6.50 tam tam No.546 in 2 j 03:27:51
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