Armel Tripon

{{Short description|French sailor}}

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{{Infobox sailor

| name = Armel Tripon

| image = Armel Tripon.jpg

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| caption = At Belle-Île-en-Mer during the Transat BPE

| nickname = Armel Tripunch

| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|08|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nantes, France

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| club = S N O NANTES

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| updated = 15 January 2023

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Armel Tripon (born 11 August 1975) is a French sailor who finished 11th in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe,{{cite web |url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/234924/Armel-Tripon-completes-his-first-Vendee-Globe |title=Armel Tripon completes his first Vendée Globe in 11th place |website=yachtsandyachting.com |date=2020-02-01 |access-date=2021-02-10}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imoca.org/en/skippers-1/armel-tripon |title=IMOCA Class Armel Page |website=imoca.org |access-date=2021-02-10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/cif/cif_detail.aspx?NoLicence=0457182G |title=FFV Results Database Armel |website=ffvoile.fr |access-date=2021-02-10}}{{cite web |url=https://members.sailing.org/biog?id=FRAAT15 |title=Armel Tripon |website=members.sailing.org |publisher=World Sailing}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/skippers/101/armel-tripon |title=Skipper Profile Page |website=vendeeglobe.org |access-date=2021-02-10}} sailing the first Scow-influenced IMOCA designed by first-time designer Samual Manard and built by Black Pepper Yachts.{{Cite web |url=https://www.boatsnews.com/story/35045/loccitane-in-provence-armel-tripons-flying-carpet-for-the-2020-vendee-globe |title=L'Occitane in Provence, Armel Tripon's flying carpet for the 2020 Vendée Globe |website=BoatsNews.com|date=26 October 2020 }}