Thomas Ruyant

Thomas Ruyant
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	24 May 1981; Dunkirk

Thomas Ruyant (born 24 May 1981) is a French sailor who was born in Dunkirk in the Nord region.

He is an offshore sailor and competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 onboard LinkedOut, named after a French employment charity.[1] Ruyant started the Vendée Globe 2020 on 8 November 2020 and crossed the finish line on 28 January 2021 at 05:42:01 UTC+1 in 4th place with an elapsed time of 80d 15h 22m 01s. Due to the time credits of Jean Le Cam and Boris Herrmann he was officially ranked in 6th place.[2] In 2021 he proved the potential of his boat winning the Transat Jaques Vabre together with Morgan Lagravière.[3]

Ruyant onboard his Mini Transat

References

"Thomas RUYANT". Vendée Globe.
"Ranking". Vendée Globe. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
https://www.transatjacquesvabre.org/en/news/news/2519/linkedout-wins-imoca-class. Retrieved 26 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Official website

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[1] "Thomas RUYANT". Vendée Globe.

[2] "Ranking". Vendée Globe. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[3] ttps://www.transatjacquesvabre.org/en/news/news/2519/linkedout-wins-imoca-class. Retrieved 26 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)