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Louis Burton

start of the 2013 Transat Vabre
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1985-06-04) 4 June 1985 (age 41) Ivry-sur-Seine
Sailing career
Sport	Sailing
Class	IMOCA 60 / Classe Mini

Louis Burton (born 4 June 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine, France) is a French yachtsman who competes in ocean racing.^[1] Burton was the youngest skipper of the fleet at the start of the Vendée Globe 2012.^[2]

Race result highlights

Reference^[3][4]

Pos.	ear	Event	Class	Boat name	Notes	Ref.
Round the World Races
DNF	2025	Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée (3)	Retired unaided to Cape Town (Rigging damage)	[5]
3	2021	Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée (2)	080d 10h 25m 12s	[6]
7	2016	Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée (1)	087 d 21 h 45 min 49 s	[7]
RET	2012	Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée (1)	Day 3: collision with a fishing boat	[8]
Transatlantic Races
TBC	2023	Retour à la base	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallee 3
16	2023	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallee 3	with  Davy Beaudart (FRA)
DNF	2022	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallee 3	Dismasted
DNF	2021	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallee 3	Dismasted with  Davy Beaudart (FRA)
10	2019	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée 2	with  Davy Beaudart (FRA)	[4]
7	2017	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée 2	with  Servane Escoffier (FRA)
9	2015	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée	with  Romain Attanasio (FRA)	[4]
5	2013	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée	with  Guillaume Le Brec (FRA)
7	2011	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée	with  Nelson Burton (FRA)	[4]
RET	2018	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée 2		[4]
5	2014	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée
7	2011	Transat B to B
20	2010	Route du Rhum
Other Races
5/5	2021	Ocean Race Europe	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée 3	crewed 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)	[9]
10	2019	Défi Azimut
3	2019	Rolex Fastnet Race
8	2018	Monaco Globe series
RET	2018	Bermuda 1000 Race
6	2017	Rolex Fastnet Race	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée 2	with  Servane Escoffier (FRA)

References

External links

• Official Website

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