Marie Riou (born 21 August 1981) is a French

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

who competed in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the

Elliott 6m The Elliott 6m is an Olympic-class keelboat, designed by New Zealander, Greg Elliott. It was selected for the women's match race, match racing event for the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole and Spinnake ...

class with

Claire Leroy Claire Leroy (born 9 March 1980 in Nantes) is a French sailor. In 2007 and 2008 she won the world championships in female match racing. She was named the International Sailing Federation's female World Sailor of the Year for 2007. Leroy compet ...

and Élodie Bertrand coming 6th overall. In the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, she sailed on ''

Dongfeng Race Team Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team (formerly Dongfeng Race Team) is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. Under Chinese sponsorship she finished third in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Charles Caudrelier and then went on to win the 2017-2018 edition, w ...

''. In

The Ocean Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean R ...

in 2023 she reached fourth place in the

IMOCA 60 The IMOCA ("Open 60") is a 60ft (18.3 m) development class monohull sailing yacht governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum an ...

Biotherm Biotherm is a French skin care company owned by L'Oréal. Biotherm was acquired by L'Oréal in 1970. In the early 20th century, the French doctor Jos Jullien discovered mineral thermal spring waters under Pyrenees mountain in the southern part ...

skippered by

Paul Meilhat Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French people, French sailor and navigator. He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - ...

. She and the rest of the crew of Biotherm completed their journey in Genoa. Paul Meilhat's finishing crew were Riou, Mariana Lobato and Alan Roberts. The boat had its own reporter and she travelled with them. The voyage had taken six months and over a hundred days of sailing in seven legs.

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* 1981 births Living people French female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for France Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17 Nacra 17 class world champions World champions in sailing for France Volvo Ocean Race sailors 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub