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Born in 1960 in Paris, Thierry Arnaud is a professional sailor active since 1985.
He took part in the first French Mini Transat (Brest to Pointe-à-Pitre) in 1985, aboard a 6.50 m moulded-wood prototype built by the Pichavant yard.
In 1992 he entered the Vendée Globe on the IMOCA Maître CoQ. The boat had been launched only two months before the start, and a defect in the ballast fixing forced him to retire early.