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Louis Burton (born 4 June 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine, France) is a French yachtsman who competes in ocean racing. Burton was the youngest skipper of the fleet at the start of the Vendée Globe 2012.

Race result highlights

Reference

Pos.earEventClassBoat nameNotesRef.
Round the World Races
DNF2025Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (3)Retired unaided to Cape Town (Rigging damage)
32021Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (2)080d 10h 25m 12s
72016Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (1)087 d 21 h 45 min 49 s
RET2012Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (1)Day 3: collision with a fishing boat
Transatlantic Races
TBC2023Retour à la baseIMOCA 60Bureau Vallee 3
162023Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallee 3with Davy Beaudart (FRA)
DNF2022Route du RhumIMOCA 60Bureau Vallee 3Dismasted
DNF2021Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallee 3Dismasted with Davy Beaudart (FRA)
102019Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2with Davy Beaudart (FRA)
72017Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2with Servane Escoffier (FRA)
92015Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Valléewith Romain Attanasio (FRA)
52013Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Valléewith Guillaume Le Brec (FRA)
72011Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Valléewith Nelson Burton (FRA)
RET2018Route du RhumIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2
52014Route du RhumIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée
72011Transat B to B
202010Route du Rhum
Other Races
5/52021Ocean Race EuropeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 3crewed by Davy Beaudart (FRA) Servane Escoffier (FRA) Thibault Hector (FRA) Christophe Bachmann (FRA) Pip Hare (GBR) Jean-René Guilloux (FRA) Arthur Hubert (FRA) Baptiste Hulin (FRA) Clément Commagnac (FRA)
102019Défi Azimut
32019Rolex Fastnet Race
82018Monaco Globe series
RET2018Bermuda 1000 Race
62017Rolex Fastnet RaceIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2with Servane Escoffier (FRA)

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