Laurent Bourgnon

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Laurent Bourgnon

Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1966-04-16)16 April 1966 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Died	June 24, 2015(2015-06-24) (aged 49) Toau Atoll, French Polynesia.
Sailing career
Class	ORMA 60

Laurent Bourgnon (April 16, 1966 – June 24, 2015) was a Swiss sailor and motorsports enthusiast. He was adept at offshore sailing, winning both the prestigious transadltanic races, the Route du Rhum in 1994 and 1998 and the Transat Jacques-Vabre in 1997. He did a lot of his racing alongside his brother and fellow adventurer Yvan Bourgnon.^[1] He was born on 16 April 1966 in La Chaux-de-Fonds and disappeared after a diving accident on 24 June 2015 in Toau Atoll, French Polynesia.