Éric Bellion (born 15 March 1976 in
Versailles
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,
Yvelines
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and the
Copenhagen Business School
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.
A keen sailing enthusiast at the age of 26, Eric with two friends managed to sail around the world via the three capes on a small 8.60 m boat. That was the Kifouine Challenge, Eric Bellion’s first big adventure, which was to be followed by two other great meaningful projects: the Integration Challenge between 2007 and 2010 and Team Jolokia after that.
He finished 9th in the
2016-2017 Vendee Globe and was the first none professional sailor.
He produced a documentary film released in 2019 of his
Vendee Globe voyage called "Comme un seul homme".
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1976 births
Living people
Emlyon Business School alumni
People from Versailles
French male sailors (sport)
Sportspeople from Versailles, Yvelines
IMOCA 60 class sailors
French Vendee Globe sailors
2016 Vendee Globe sailors
2024 Vendee Globe sailors
Vendée Globe finishers
Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
21st-century French people
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