Morgan Lagravière

Morgan Lagravière

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1987-05-23) 23 May 1987 (age 37) Réunion

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.
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	[1]
2018	2	Transat AG2R	Bénéteau Figaro	Brittany - CMB Performance	with Sébastien Simon	[3][1]
2016	RET	2016-2017 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Saffran (3)	Abandoned after 18 days	[1]
2016	RET	New York – Vendée (Les Sables d’Olonne) Race	IMOCA 60	Saffran (3)	Collision	[10]
2014	12	Formula 18 World Championship	Formula 18	-	held in Bangor, NI	[9]
2013	3	Solitaire du Figaro on Vendée	Bénéteau Figaro		winner of the 3rd stage	[1]
2011	8/41	Solitaire du Figaro	Bénéteau Figaro			[1]
2011	6	Generali Solo	Bénéteau Figaro		he won 3 out of 12 legs	[1]
2011	1	Tour of Brittany	Bénéteau Figaro	VENDEE	with Gildas Mahé	[11]
2010	13	49er World Championship	49er Skiff	-	crewed by Yann Rocherieux held in Freeport, BAH	[9]
2009	22	49er World Championship	49er Skiff	FRA 1071	crewed by Yann Rocherieux held in Riva del Garda, ITA	[9][12][13]
2009	6	49er European Championship	49er Skiff	-	crewed by Yann Rocherieux
2008	20	49er World Championship	49er Skiff	Rougail River	crewed by Stéphane Christidis held in Melbourne, AUS	[9]
2007	4	49er European Championship	49er Skiff	-	crewed by Stéphane Christidis	[9]
2007	7	ISAF Sailing World Championships	49er Skiff	-	crewed by Stéphane Christidis held in Cascais, POR	[9]
2005	42	49er World Championship	49er Skiff	-	crewed by Delpech Noi held in Moscow, RUS	[9]
2005	4	Mumm 30 World Championship	Farr 30	-	held in with La Trinite, FRA	[9]
2003	3	420 Class World Championships	420	-	with Noe Delpech held in Hayling Island (GBR)	[9][14]
2002	3	420 Class World Championships	420	-	with Noe Delpech held in Tavira (POR)	[9][15]

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References

1. "Morgan lagravière". www.classefigarobeneteau.fr. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
2. "News - Morgan Lagravière at the helm of the new Safran - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. "Morgan LAGRAVIERE". www.imoca.org. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
4. "Kaïros, the new stronghold for IMOCA projects". www.imoca.org. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
5. "Damage to Safran Forces Vendée Globe Retirement >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
6. Editors, EuropaWire PR. "Safran to end 12 years of sponsoring the IMOCA Ocean Masters Circuit in June 2017". Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
7. "Jules Verne Trophy: Yet another truncated attempt for Gitana". 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
8. "Sailwave results for 2020 Ford Kuga Formula Kite Individual European Championships at 18 - 23 August 2020 2020". formulakite.org. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
9. "Morgan Lagravière". members.sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022.
10. "New York-Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race 2016 day 4 report | The Daily Sail". thedailysail.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
11. "Détail résultat". www.ffvoile.fr. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
12. "Is Camping Therapy For You?". Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
13. "Seiko 49er World Championship Regatta - Series Standing". www.regattanetwork.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
14. "Regatta Information". sailing.org.
15. "Regatta Information". sailing.org.

External links

• Morgan Lagravière at World Sailing
• Morgan Lagravière at the Fédération Française de Voile (in French)
• Morgan Lagravière on Facebook