Damien Seguin

{{Short description|French sailor}} {{Infobox sailor | name = | image = Damien Seguin2012.jpg | image_size = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | full_name =  | nickname = | nationality = French | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|09|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Briançon]] ([[Hautes-Alpes]]) | death_date =  | death_place = | height =  | weight =  | classes = [[2.4 Metre]],<br />[[IMOCA 60]] | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes | updated = }}

'''Damien Seguin''' (born 3 September 1979 in [[Briançon]]) is a French sailor. He is a paralympic champion and was a nominee for [[World Sailing]] - [[World Sailor of the Year Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/damien-seguin-nominated-world-sailor-year|title = Damien Seguin nominated for World Sailor of the Year}}</ref> With sailing no longer on the Paralympic agenda, he has pursued offshore yacht racing, competing in the [[2020–2021 Vendée Globe]], a solo round-the-world race.

==Sailing Highlights== ===Paralympics=== {|style="margin: 0 auto;" | [[File:Competição de Vela, barco de quilha fixa nas Paralimpíadas (29614949222).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=[[Sailing at the 2016 Paralympics|2016 Paralympics]]]] | [[File:Medallists for the Open Single-Person Keelboat (2.4mR) at the 2016 Paralympics.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=[[Sailing at the 2016 Paralympics|2016 Paralympics]]]] | [[File:Competição de Vela, barco de quilha fixa nas Paralimpíadas (29434919950).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=[[Sailing at the 2016 Paralympics|2016 Paralympics]]]] |}

{|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Pos. !! Class !! Edition !! Location !! Venue !! Ref. |- | 1st || [[2.4 Metre]] || [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympic Games]] || Rio, BRA || [[Marina da Glória]] || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/damien-seguin|title = Damien Seguin - Sailing | Paralympic Athlete Profile}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/sailing/1-person-keelboat-24mr|title = Rio 2016 - sailing - 1-person-keelboat-24mr}}</ref><ref name="WS Biog">{{cite web |url=http://members.sailing.org/biog.php?id=FRADS3 |title=Damien Seguin |website=members.sailing.org |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826045853/http://members.sailing.org/biog.php?id=FRADS3|archive-date=2012-08-26 }}</ref> |- | 4th || [[2.4 Metre]] || [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London Paralympic Games]] || Weymouth and Portland, GBR || [[Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy]] || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | 2nd || [[2.4 Metre]] || [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing Paralympic Games]] || [[Qingdao]], [[Shandong]] province, CHN || [[Qingdao International Sailing Centre]] || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | 1st || [[2.4 Metre]] || [[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens Paralympic Games]] || Athens, GRE || [[Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre]] || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |}

===World Championships===

{|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Pos. !! Year !! Event !! Class !! Location !! Notes !! Ref. |- | |- | '''{{0}}1''' || 2019 || '''[[Disabled Sailing World Championships|Para World Sailing Championships]]''' || [[2.4 Metre]] || Cádiz, ESP || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paraworldsailing2019.com/en/results/|title=Results|access-date=2021-03-09|archive-date=2021-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418054608/https://www.paraworldsailing2019.com/en/results/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paraworldsailing2019.com/en/|title=Home|access-date=2021-03-09|archive-date=2021-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304063902/https://www.paraworldsailing2019.com/en/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}2 || 2018 || Para World Sailing Championship || [[2.4 Metre]] || Sheboygan, USA || || <ref name="WS Biog" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paraworldsailing2018.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124140135/http://www.paraworldsailing2018.com/ |title=Official Event Website |archive-date=2019-01-24 |date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=4621 |title=Event Website Link to Results |access-date=2021-03-09 |date=}}</ref> |- | {{0}}3 || 2017 || Para World Sailing Championship || [[2.4 Metre]] || Kiel, GER || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}2 || 2016 || Disabled Sailing World Champion || [[2.4 Metre]] || Medemblik, NED || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | '''{{0}}1''' || 2015 || '''[[Disabled Sailing World Championship]]''' || [[2.4 Metre]] || Melbourne, AUS || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}3 || 2014 || IFDS Combined World Championships || [[2.4 Metre]] || Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, CAN || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}3 || 2013 || IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships || [[2.4 Metre]] || Kinsale, IRL || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | 10 || 2012 || [[Class 40 World Championship]] || [[Class40]] || || ERDF DES PIEDS ET DES MAINS || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | '''{{0}}1''' || 2012 || '''IFDS [[Disabled Sailing World Championships]]''' || [[2.4 Metre]] || Florida, USA || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}7 || 2011 || IFDS [[Disabled Sailing World Championships]] || [[2.4 Metre]] || Weymouth, GBR || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}9 || 2011 || [[Class 40 World Championship]] || [[Class40]] || || ERDF DES PIEDS ET DES MAINS || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | {{0}}5 || 2010 || IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships || [[2.4 Metre]] || Medemblik, NED || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | '''{{0}}1''' || 2007 || '''IFDS [[Disabled Sailing World Championships]]''' || [[2.4 Metre]] || Rochester, USA || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | '''{{0}}1''' || 2005 || '''IFDS [[Disabled Sailing World Championships]]''' || [[2.4 Metre]] || Sonderborg Yacht Club, DEN || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}2 || 2003 || IFDS Single Person Keelboat World Championship || [[2.4 Metre]] || Athens, GRE || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}2 || 2002 || IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships || [[2.4 Metre]] || Medemblik, NED || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}2 || 2008 || [[2.4 Metre World Championship]] || [[2.4 Metre]] || || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}2 || 2003 || [[2.4 Metre World Championship]] || [[2.4 Metre]] || Kieler Bay, GER || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | {{0}}2 || 1998 || Youth [[Hobie 16 World Championships]] || [[Hobie 16]] || Sotogrande, ESP || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | 27 || 2001 || [[Formula 18 World Championship]] || [[Formula 18]] || Parkstone YC, Poole, GBR || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | 30 || 2000 || [[Formula 18 World Championship]] || [[Formula 18]] || Erquy, FRA || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |- | 45 || 1999 || [[Tornado World Championship]] || [[Tornado (catamaran)|Tornado]] || Vallensbaek, DEN || || <ref name="WS Biog" /> |}

===Offshore Sailing=== After sailing was removed from the paralympic sailing competition Damien focused on Oceanic short handed sailing having sailing the feeder Class 40 leading to him competing in an IMOCA 60 in the [[2020–2021 Vendée Globe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imoca.org/en/skippers-1/damien-seguin|title = Damien SEGUIN}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" ! Pos. !! Year !! Event !! Class !! Boat !! Notes !! Ref. |- ! colspan=7 |Round the World Race |- | 15 / 40 || 2024 || [[2024-2025 Vendee Globe]] || [[IMOCA 60]] || ''[[IMOCA 60 Safran 3|Groupe Apicil (2)]]'' || 84d 20h 31m 48s || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/article/damien-seguin-15th-vendee-globe-2024|title=Damien Seguin, 15th in the Vendée Globe 2024 |date=February 3, 2025  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203201902/https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/article/damien-seguin-15th-vendee-globe-2024|archive-date=2025-02-03}}</ref> |- | 7 / 33 || 2020 || [[2020-2021 Vendee Globe]] || [[IMOCA 60]] || ''[[IMOCA 60 DCNS|Groupe Apicil]]'' || 80d 21h 58m 20s || <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/22020/damien-seguin-groupe-apicil-sixth-over-the-line-and-first-daggerboard-imoca |title=News - Damien Seguin (Groupe APICIL) sixth over the line and first daggerboard IMOCA - Vendée Globe - En |website=www.vendeeglobe.org}}</ref> |- ! colspan=7 | Trans Oceanic Races |- | 15 || 2023 || [[2023 Transat Jacques Vabre]] || [[IMOCA 60]] || [[IMOCA 60 Safran 3|Groupe Apicil (2)]] || with {{flagathlete|[[Laurent Bourgues]]|FRA}} || |- | 11 || 2021 || [[2021 Transat Jacques Vabre]] || [[IMOCA 60]] || [[IMOCA 60 DCNS|Groupe Apicil]] || with {{flagathlete|[[Benjamin Dutreux]]|FRA}} || |- | 10 || 2020 || Défi Azimut || [[IMOCA 60]] || [[IMOCA 60 DCNS|Groupe Apicil]] || || |- | RET || 2020 || Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne || [[IMOCA 60]] || [[IMOCA 60 DCNS|Groupe Apicil]] || || |- | 5 || 2019 || Défi Azimut || [[IMOCA 60]] || ''Groupe Apicil'' || || |- | 16 || 2019 || Rolex [[Fastnet Race]] || || || || |- | 11 || 2019 || Bermudes 1000 Race || [[IMOCA 60]] || ''Groupe Apicil'' || || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | 14 || 2019 || [[2019 Transat Jacques Vabre]] || [[IMOCA 60]] || ''[[IMOCA 60 DCNS|Groupe Apicil]]'' || with {{flagathlete|[[Yoann Richomme]]|FRA}} || <ref name="FFV Database">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/cif/cif_detail.aspx?NoLicence=0173233B&AnneeSportive=|title = Fiche régatier}}</ref> |- | 6 || 2018 || [[Route du Rhum]] || || || || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | 7 || 2013 || [[Transat Jacques Vabre]] || [[Class40]] || ''ERDF - Des Pieds et des Mains'' || with {{flagathlete|[[Yoann Richomme]]|FRA}} || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | 2 || 2011 || [[Transat Jacques Vabre]] || [[Class40]] || ''Des pieds et des Mains'' || with {{flagathlete|[[Yoann Richomme]]|FRA}} || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | 8 || 2014 || [[Route du Rhum]] || [[Class40]] || || || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | 10 || 2010 || [[Route du Rhum]] || [[Class40]] || || || <ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | 14 || 2006 || [[Transat AG2r]] || [[Beneteau Figaro 2]] || DES PIEDS ET DES MAINS || with Denis Lemaitre || |- ! colspan=7 | Other Races |- | 3 || 2018 || Bermudes 1000 Race || || || || |- | 4 || 2018 || Dhream Cup 700 || || || || |- | 1 || 2017 || [[Tour de France à la Voile]] || [[Diam 24]] || || || |- | 19 || 2016 || [[Tour de France à la Voile]] || [[Diam 24]] || FONDATION FDJ - DES PIEDS ET DES MAINS || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/ClmtCompetDet.asp?ClId=125149|title=Tour de France à la Voile (grade 1, particip. International–Diam 24) ASO du 08 au 31/07/2016 (24 classés). 17 courses transmises|website=ffvoile.fr|access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> |- | 19 || 2015 || [[Tour de France à la Voile]] || [[Diam 24]] || FONDATION FDJ - DES PIEDS ET DES MAINS || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/ClmtCompetDet.asp?ClId=114803|title=Détail résultat|website=ffvoile.fr|access-date=Jan 26, 2023}}</ref> |- | 3 || 2011 || Normandy Channel Race || [[Class40]] || Des pieds et des Mains || with {{flagathlete|[[Yoann Richomme]]|FRA}} || |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Commons-inline}} * {{World Sailing|id=FRADS3|www=damien-seguin}} * {{IPC profile}} * {{French Sailing Federation}} * {{Team France|damien-seguin}} * {{CPSF profile}}

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