# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/armel-le-cleac-h
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:12.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/armel-le-cleac-h"
name: "Armel Le Cléac'h"
slug: "armel-le-cleac-h"
description: "Armel Le Cléac’h is a French professional navigator and sea captain. He was the IMOCA world champion in 2008 and French champion in single-handed yacht race in 2003. He notably won the Solitaire du Figaro twice, the Transat AG2R in 2004 and 2010 and the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race in 2016. He finished second in both the 2008–09 and 2012–13 editions of the Vendée Globe. In the Vendée Globe 2016–17, he finished first with a new record time of 74d, 3h 35m, 46s. His performance earned him the 2018 Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year."
tagline: "French navigator and skipper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Armel_Le_Cl%C3%A9ac'h.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1977-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.524014666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/VoileBanquePop"
    handle:    "VoileBanquePop"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.voile.banquepopulaire.fr/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armel_Le_Cl%C3%A9ac'h"
    title: "Armel Le Cléac'h"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armel_Le_Cleac'h"
    title: "Armel Le Cleac'h"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armel_Le_Cl%C3%A9ac%E2%80%99h"
    title: "Armel Le Cléac’h"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armel_Le_Cl%C3%A9ac'h"
    title: "Armel Le Cléac'h"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armel_Le_Cl%C3%A9ac'h"
    title: "Armel Le Cléac'h"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armel_Le_Cl%C3%A9ac%E2%80%99h"
    title: "Armel Le Cléac’h"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391140"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump