| Anne Liardet | |
| Nationality: | French |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Bourges |
| Classes: | IMOCA 60 |
Anne Liardet (born April 16, 1961 in Bourges)[1] is a French female offshore professional sailor.
Her father is a teacher who moved to teach at Brest Graduate School of Arts when she was one year old. The family moved to Sainte-Anne-du-Portzic she was introduced to sailing by her father. After leaving school she started work for a sailmaker but within two years she moved into working in a boatyards preparation ocean racing boats. Working in the world of offshore racing at a shipyard and then on various sailing yacht she already imagines herself aboard the boats she prepares. She is the mother of three children Morgan, Manon and Margot,[2] whom she had with partner and fellow offshore sailor Jo Le Guen where they live in Daoulas, Finistère.
She is the third woman to finish a Vendée Globe solo yacht race following Catherine Chabaud in 1997 and Ellen MacArthur in 2001.[3] She attempted to return to professional sailing to compete in the 2012-2013 Vendee Globe but failed to raise the funds. In 2021 she returned to offshore sailing mounting a Mini Transat campaign.[4] [5]
| Pos | Year | Race | Class | Boat Name | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Brest-Bermuda-Brest | ||||||
| 1 | 1985 | 2 Person Mini Transat | with B Audrezet | ||||
| 10 | 1985 | Piz Buin | 1st woman | ||||
| 1 | 1985 | Mini Fastnet solo | |||||
| 24 | 1986 | Normerel | 1st in a standard boat | ||||
| 2 | 1987 | 100 miles of Concarneau | Normerel | ||||
| 9 | 1987 | Half Ton Class | Normerel | held in La Rochelle | |||
| 10 | 1987 | ||||||
| 1990 | Multi | CTL | |||||
| 9 | 2003 | Atlantic Challenge | (Bahia - La Rochelle) | ||||
| 12 | 2004 | The Transat | |||||
| 8 | 2005 | 19d 14h 24m with | |||||
| 11 | 2005 | [6] | |||||
| 11 | 2005 | ||||||
| 8 | 2006 | IMOCA 60 | |||||
| 2 | 2007 | 40 Degrees | with | [7] |