Karen Leibovici (sailor)

Karen Leibovici
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	5 March 1971 (age 53); La Rochelle

Karen Leibovici is a French sailor born on 5th March 1971 in La Rochelle.

Biography

Karen's career remains marked by March 13, 2005: that day, at 9:04 p.m., she became the fourth female skipper to complete the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe.^[1]^[2]

She was subsequently awarded the Medal of Honour called the Ordre du Mérite Maritime for her commitment to the protection of the environment.

Career Highlights

1998:

1st Mini Summer

1999:

Mini-Transat: abandonment ^[3]

2000:

1st of the Mini Barcelona
2nd Triangle of the Sun
1st Transmanche

2001

9th Transat 6.50 (La Rochelle-Salvador de Bahia)
1st Mini Fastnet

2002

Record crossing of the English Channel aboard Adrien with Jean-Luc Van Den Heede

2004

9th of the English Transat

2005

13th in the Vendée Globe out of 20 starters, on Benefic, the oldest of the boats involved, the famous "Red Cigare" (the former VDH boat)

2006

25th of the MAP trophy with the mini 6.50 tam tam No.546 in 2 j 03:27:51

Reference

^ "Karen Leibovici Finishes In Thirteenth". sailing.org.
^ "News - Karen Leibovici: "It felt like winning the Vendée Globe" - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.
^ World, Yachting (September 25, 1999). "Mini Transat preview". Yachting World.

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[1] "Karen Leibovici Finishes In Thirteenth". sailing.org.

[2] "News - Karen Leibovici: "It felt like winning the Vendée Globe" - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.

[3] World, Yachting (September 25, 1999). "Mini Transat preview". Yachting World.

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