Alan Roura Explained

Nationality:Swiss
Birth Date:26 February 1993
Birth Place:Onex
Classes:IMOCA 60

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]

Results

PosYearEventClassBoat NameNotesRef.
Round the World Races
17 2020–21 95d 06h 09m 56s [2]
12 2016–17: 105d 20h 10m 32s [3]
Trans Oceanic Races
21 2020 with
16d 05h 13m 30s
9 2017 with
16h 02h 04m 16s
10 2015 Club 103 with
32d 22h 38m 35s
7 2018 15d 02h 25m 37s[4] [5]
RET 2014
11 2013
2019 Single handed North Atlantic crossing record 7d 16h 55m
Other Results
14 2020 Défi Azimut
15 2019 Défi Azimut
8 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race
6 2018 Monaco Globe Series
7 2015 Grand Prix Guyader

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2021-10-27. Alan Roura s'offre une machine de guerre. fr. Le Temps. 2021-10-31. 1423-3967.
  2. Web site: Switzerland's Alan Roura (La Fabrique), finishes 17th in the Vendée Globe. 2021-02-11. 2021-02-11.
  3. Web site: News – Alan Roura takes twelfth place – Vendée Globe – En. vendeeglobe.org.
  4. Web site: 2018 Skipper Profile - Alan Roura. 2022-01-25.
  5. Web site: Results. 2022-01-25. 2022-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122020229/https://www.routedurhum.com/en/leaderboard. dead.