Charlie Dalin
Charlie Dalin is a French offshore sailor. He placed first in the 10th edition of the quadrennial Vendée Globe race around the world that took place in 2024–2025 completing the race within a time of 64 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes and 49 seconds, smashing the previous record by 9 days, 8 hours, 12 minutes and 57 seconds. He completed this race while battling gastrointestinal cancer, taking immunotherapy pills during the race. The edition before that he also finished second in the Vendée Globe race that took place in 2020–2021, with a time of 80 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes and 47 seconds. He covered at a race average of. He has a Naval Architecture degree from the University of Southampton.
He was also IMOCA world champion in 2021 and 2022. In 2023 he launched his new sailing yacht MACIF, an IMOCA 60 monohull. In 2025 he received a World Sailing World Sailor of the Year Awards with fellow Vendee Globe competitor Justine Mettraux winning the female category.