# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-desjoyeaux
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:17:23.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-desjoyeaux"
name: "Michel Desjoyeaux"
slug: "michel-desjoyeaux"
description: "Michel Desjoyeaux is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races. He won the Vendée Globe race in 2000-01 and 2008–09, making him the only person to win that race more than once. In 2014–15, he was watch captain, on leg 1 on Mapfre in the Volvo Ocean Race. He was born in Concarneau."
tagline: "French sailor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Transat_Jacques_Vabre_2013_-_Michel_Desjoyeaux_05.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.776765936500123
  historical:           11.90497066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2047924/"
    handle:    "nm2047924"
sources:
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    title: "Michel Desjoyeaux"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Desjoyeaux"
    title: "Michel Desjoyeaux"
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    title: "Michel Desjoyeaux"
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    title: "Michel Desjoyeaux"
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    title: "Michel Desjoyeaux"
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  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Desjoyeaux"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Michel Desjoyeaux"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump