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Thomas Coville (born 10 May 1968) is a French yacht racer. Coville was born in
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. He participated in significant offshore races and record attempts. In April 2012, he achieved 7 circumnavigations of the world, on mono or multihulls, single-handed or as sought-after helmsman. He held the around the world sailing record single-handed on the trimaran Sodebo Ultim in 49 days 3 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds, until his record was broken by
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in 2017 on trimaran
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Race achievements

* 2012 : Volvo Ocean Race, aboard ''
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'', with skipper Franck Cammas. * 2010 : 3rd of the
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on trimaran ORMA ''Sodeb'O'' * 2006 : 3rd of the Route du Rhum on trimaran ORMA ''Sodeb'O''. * 2005 : Winner of the Oryx Quest on ''Doha 2006'' with skipper
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. * 2004 : 2nd of The transat on trimaran
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''Sodeb'O'' * 2001 : 6th of
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2000–2001 in 110 days and 7 hours * 1999 : Winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre, with Hervé Jan on monohull ''Sodeb'O'' * 1998 : Winner of the Route du Rhum on monohull with ''Aquitaine Innovations'' * 1997 : 2nd of the Mini Transat * 1985-1991 : skipper of ''Polytechnique'' on the Tour de France à la voile


Records and attempts


Single-handed

* 2017 : North Atlantic crossing (west to east) (New York – Cape Lizard) single-handed on '' Sodebo Ultim'' in 4 days 11 hours 10 minutes and 23 seconds (28.35 knots, 15 hours less than Francis Joyon's previous record). * 2016 : around the world sailing record single-handed on ''Sodebo Ultim'' in 49 days 3 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds (7 days less than Francis Joyon's previous record). * 2016 :
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single-handed on the trimaran ''Sodebo Ultim'' with 714 nm (29,75 knots). Thomas Coville is the first sailor to beat the 700 nm mark in 24h single-handedly. * 2011 : Attempt on the around the world sailing record single-handed on the trimaran ''Sodeb'O'' in 61 days, 7 minutes and 32 seconds (3 days more than Francis Joyon's record). * 2008-2009 : Attempt on the around the world sailing record single-handed on the trimaran ''Sodeb'O'' in 59 days, 20 hours, 47 minutes and 43 seconds (2 days more than Francis Joyon's record) * 2008 : North Atlantic crossing (west to east) (New York – Cape Lizard) single-handed. * 2008 : 24 hours distance record single-handed on ''Sodeb'O'' with 619,3 milles. * 2006 : Record around Britain and Ireland in 6 days, 6 hours, 40 minutes and 31 seconds * 2005 : Record Miami - New York in 3 days 05 hours and 12 seconds. * 2005 : North Atlantic crossing (east to west) also called the "discovery route" (
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): in 10 days 11 hours, 50 minutes and 46 seconds


Crewed

* 2020 : During his attempt for the Jules Verne Trophy, December 5 of 2020, Thomas Coville on Sodebo Ultim 3 covered 889.9 miles in 24 hours (37.1 knots average). * 2010 :
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with Franck Cammas, skipper of
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* 2009 : Trans-Mediterranean (
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), in 17 hours 8 minutes 23 seconds, with Franck Cammas skipper of
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. * 1997 : Jules Verne Trophy with
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, skipper of ''Sport-Élec''


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