{{short description|Canadian ocean rower}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} '''Louis Ginglo''' (born 13 February 1965<ref name="ORS"/> in Hamilton, Ontario) was the first Canadian rower to cross the Atlantic Ocean single-handedly from east to west.
He began his solo voyage on 20 January 2004 from San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands. The crossing was completed when he docked at Port Saint Charles, Barbados, on 20 May 2004. His journey of {{convert|4678|km}} took 120 days. As a competitor in the Ocean Rowing Society’s 2004 Atlantic Rowing Regatta, Ginglo took his 8m boat, ''Moose On The Move'', fully equipped for an unassisted journey.<ref name="ORS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oceanrowing.com/Race2004/Louis%20Ginglo/profile.htm |title=Louis Ginglo is about to row the Atlantic in ORSARR 2004 |website=OceanRowing.com |publisher=Ocean Rowing Society |access-date=2020-02-29 |archive-date=2016-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312042452/http://www.oceanrowing.com/Race2004/Louis%20Ginglo/profile.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
Despite little previous experience in ocean rowing, and a lifetime spent working in corporate finance, he made the crossing successfully and in good time.
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822165701/http://www.oceanregatta.com/statistics/solo_to_barbados.htm |title= Chronological Listing of Solo Rows to Barbados. ''OceanRegatta.com''.}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916081259/http://www.icaa.org.au/services/index.cfm?id=A111351783 |title=Power Of One: Anything but a quitter, accountant Louis Ginglo spent 120 days in a battle against the elements when he rowed solo in an ocean regatta across the Atlantic. ''ICAA.org.au''.}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ginglo, Louis}} Category:Canadian male rowers Category:Ocean rowers Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Rowers from Hamilton, Ontario Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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