Lionel Péan (born 17 September 1956 in

Saint-Germain-en-Laye Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...

) is a French

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

who won the

Whitbread Round the World Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Rac ...

. He won the 1983

Solitaire du Figaro The Solitaire du Figaro, previously called the Course de l'Aurore, is a solo multi-stage sailing race created in 1970 by Jean-Louis Guillemard and . The unique character of the race, the presence of great solo sailors and its being open to amateu ...

solo race. Péan skippered '' L'Esprit d'équipe'' in the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race. The boat won three of the four legs and won the race with a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. At age 29, he was the youngest winning skipper in the race’s history. He competed in a legends regatta before the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race with the same crew, and again won the regatta.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pean, Lionel 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye French male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors