Catherine Chabaud (born 29 November 1962) is a French navigator, journalist and politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who was elected as a

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Career in sports

In 1997 Chabaud became the first woman to complete the Vendee Globe yacht race a solo round the World non-stop race finishing 6th in 3rd edition. She is the only female to have skippered the winning entry on corrected time in the

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, doing so in 1999.

Political career

After Chabaud returned from her circumnavigation, she began working as a campaigner and adviser to the French government on oceans and marine protection. Since becoming a

, Chabaud has been serving on the

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. In this capacity, she authored a 2021 report on marine plastic. In addition to her committee assignments, Chabaud is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas and the

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group.MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature

References

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