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Éric Bellion
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1976-03-15) 15 March 1976 (age 48)
Versailles, Yvelines, France

Éric Bellion (born 15 March 1976 in Versailles, Yvelines) is a French offshore sailor.

He is a teacher and mentor in management, specialising in the handicapped and diversity, and a communications consultant and also a charitable donor. He is a graduate of the Emlyon Business School and the Copenhagen Business School.

A keen sailing enthusiast at the age of 26, Eric with two friends managed to sail around the world via the three capes on a small 8.60 m boat. That was the Kifouine Challenge, Eric Bellion’s first big adventure, which was to be followed by two other great meaningful projects: the Integration Challenge between 2007 and 2010 and Team Jolokia after that.

He finished 9th in the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe and was the first none professional sailor. He produced a documentary film released in 2019 of his Vendee Globe voyage called "Comme un seul homme".

References

  1. "Sailing - Éric Bellion (France)". www.the-sports.org.
  2. "Eric BELLION". vendeeglobe.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017.
  3. "Eric-Bellion-9th-in-the-Vendee-Globe-first-rookie". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2021.source=bing
  4. "News - Eric Bellion 9th in the Vendée Globe, first rookie - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.

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