Damien
Seguin

Born without a left hand Damien Seguin already had a very successful racing career before he took on the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe. He is a triple Paralympic medalist in 2.4 mR (gold medalist in Athens and Rio and a silver medal in Beijing) and five-time world champion in this discipline. At the same time Damien made his debut in ocean racing in 2005 in Figaro before switching to Class 40, a boat on which he raced several transatlantic races. But he is also strong inshore on the DIAM 24 trimaran and wins the Tour de France à la Voile in 2017. A few months later, he is at the helm of an IMOCA in the colors of Groupe APICIL. On January 28, 2021, Damien Seguin finished 7th in his first Vendée Globe and thus became the first disabled skipper to complete a circumnavigation of the globe. Barely arrived, the solo sailor is already looking ahead with a single objective: to start again in 2024 on the most difficult race in the world, but this time, he wants to go further in performance and will sail aboard a boat at foils to aim for a Top 5.