Thomas Ruyant

{{short description|French sailor (born 1981)}}

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Thomas Ruyant (born 24 May 1981) is a French sailor who was born in Dunkirk in the Nord region.

He is an offshore sailor and competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 onboard LinkedOut, named after a French employment charity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/skippers/113/thomas-ruyant|title=Thomas RUYANT|website=Vendée Globe|language=en}} Ruyant started the Vendée Globe 2020 on 8 November 2020 and crossed the finish line on 28 January 2021 at 05:42:01 UTC+1 in 4th place with a time of 80d 15h 22m 01s. Due to the time credits of Jean Le Cam and Boris Herrmann he was officially ranked in 6th place.{{Cite web|title=Ranking|website=Vendée Globe|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/ranking|access-date=2021-01-29|language=en}} In 2021 he proved the potential of his boat, winning the Transat Jacques Vabre together with Morgan Lagravière.{{Cite web|url=https://www.transatjacquesvabre.org/en/news/news/2519/linkedout-wins-imoca-class|access-date=2021-11-26|language=en|title=News - LinkedOut winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Imoca! - Transat Jacques Vabre 2021 - Official website |date=25 November 2021 }}

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