Fabrice Amedeo is a French sailor born on 24 February 1978 in

Château-Gontier Château-Gontier () is a former commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne. Geography It is about south of Laval, the préfecture of the depa ...

in the

Mayenne Mayenne ( ) is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Il ...

region. He is an offshore professional sailor having competed in the

Vendée Globe --> The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop, unassisted round the world yacht race. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years. It is named after the Département of Vendé ...

, finishing 11th in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. He also competed in the 2020 edition when he had to retire due to various technical problems with his onboard electronics. Amedeo is also a well-known political journalist for

Le Figaro () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

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1978 births Living people People from Château-Gontier French male sailors (sport) French Vendee Globe sailors 2016 Vendee Globe sailors 2020 Vendee Globe sailors 2024 Vendee Globe sailors Vendée Globe finishers Single-handed circumnavigating sailors Sportspeople from Mayenne {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub