# Laurent Bourgnon

> Laurent Bourgnon was a Swiss sailor and motorsports enthusiast. He was adept at offshore sailing, winning both the prestigious transatlantic races, the Route du Rhum in 1994 and 1998 and the Transat Jacques-Vabre in 1997. He did a lot of his racing alongside his brother and fellow adventurer Yvan Bourgnon. He was born on 16 April 1966 in La Chaux-de-Fonds and disappeared after a diving accident on 24 June 2015 in Toau Atoll, French Polynesia.

*Swiss sailor (1966-2015)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/laurent-bourgnon

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** Switzerland
- **Born:** 1966-04-16
- **Died:** 2015-06-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 46.2
- **Momentum:** 10.0

## Sources
- [Laurent Bourgnon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Bourgnon)
- [لوران بورجنون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Laurent Bourgnon](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Bourgnon)
- [Laurent Bourgnon](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Bourgnon)
- [Laurent Bourgnon](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Bourgnon)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590863)

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