Christophe Auguin
{{Short description|French yacht racer}}
Christophe Auguin (born 10 December 1959 in Granville, Manche) is a French yachtsman. He is the only sailor to have won three single-handled sailing races around the globe: the BOC Challenge twice (1990-1991 and 1994-1995) and the Vendée Globe (1996-1997).{{cite web|title=Christophe Auguin Joins Velux 5 Oceans Skippers|url=http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/pressreleases.php?pg=5&gp=i&kt=16796#ref-00000533|publisher=Velux 5 Oceans|accessdate=15 January 2013|date=25 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415154607/http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/pressreleases.php?pg=5&gp=i&kt=16796#ref-00000533|archive-date=15 April 2016|url-status=dead}}
He also won the Solitaire du Figaro in 1986.{{cite web|title=Voile : dernière étape de la course du Figaro|url=http://www.ina.fr/sport/voile/video/RNC86072801/voile-derniere-etape-de-la-course-du-figaro.fr.html|publisher=INA.fr|accessdate=15 January 2013|author=France 3 Bretagne|year=1986}}
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- {{cite book|last=Compton|first=Nic|title=Sailing Solo: The Legendary Sailors and the Great Races|year=2003|publisher=McGraw Hill Higher Education|location=Camden|isbn=978-0071418454|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sailingsololegen0000comp/page/192 192]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/sailingsololegen0000comp/page/192}}
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Category:French male sailors (sport)
Category:1996 Vendee Globe sailors
Category:French Vendee Globe sailors
Category:Vendée Globe finishers
Category:Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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