Simeon Tienpont (born 20 January 1982) is a Dutch

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 has competed in multiple

Volvo Ocean 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 ...

s and

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s. He first participated in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2005-06 aboard '' ABN Amro II''. Tienpont joined

Oracle Team USA Oracle Team USA is an American yacht racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America's Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 – representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club ...

for the

2010 America's Cup The 33rd America's Cup between Société Nautique de Genève defending with team Alinghi against Golden Gate Yacht Club, and their racing team BMW Oracle Racing was the subject of extensive court action and litigation, surpassing in acrimony even ...

and was a grinder during the

2013 America's Cup The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay on September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand r ...

. He was allegedly involved in the cheating scandal involving Oracle's

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boats, but was never charged with any offence. He was named the 2013 Dutch sailor of the year. He sailed on board ''

Team Vestas Wind ''Turn the Tide on Plastic'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. As ''Team Vestas Wind'', she finished seventh in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Chris Nicholson. Following the race, the boat was refitted for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race a ...

'' during the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race. Originally a member of

Luna Rossa Challenge Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, originally named Prada Challenge, then Luna Rossa Challenge, is an Italian sailboat racing syndicate first created to compete for the 2000 America's Cup. It won the Louis Vuitton Cup on their first attempt in 2000, but ...

for the

2017 America's Cup The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, won by a score of 7 to 1 over the defender, Oracle Team USA. It was held on the Great Sound in Bermuda from June 17 to June 2 ...

, Tienpont joined Team Japan for the 2017 Louis Vuitton Challenger’s Trophy after Luna Rossa withdrew. For the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, Tienpont was announced skipper of ''

Team AkzoNobel ''team AkzoNobel'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She was the only new yacht built for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race. 2017-18 crew * Simeon Tienpont - skipper *Jules Salter - navigator * Chris Nicholson * Peter van Niekerk *Brad Farrand *António ...

''. However, on October 13, the day before the first scoring race, it was announced that, due to a breach of contract by his company, STEAM Racing, Tienpont's contract as skipper was terminated by

. The decision was reversed, and Tienpont was once again announced as skipper of

less than two hours before the start of leg 1 of the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tienpont, Simeon 1982 births Living people Dutch male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Oracle Racing sailors Luna Rossa Challenge sailors 2017 America's Cup sailors 2013 America's Cup sailors