Richard Tolkien
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 January 1955[1] |
| Sailing career | |
| Class(es) | IMOCA 60 |
Richard Tolkien is a British businessman and experienced adventure sailor who grew up in Devon.
He is a graduated from University of Oxford where he studied at Exeter College[2]. His love of sailing and inparticular offshore racing lead to him competing in the The Round Britain Race six times, the Fastnet (six times), the Route du Rhum, the Single - Handed Transat and the Transat Jacques Vabre. He has completed a total of 7 transatlantic races.[2]
This lead to him taking on the ultimate challenge entering the 2000-2001 Vendee Globe a single person round the world race, but he did not make it all the way around the world as he was forced to retire on the 29th day of the race after suffering damage to his rig.[3]
He planned a return to the Vendee Globe at the age of 61 for the 2016 edition.[4] However, on 13 May 2015, while he was competing in The Transat Bakerly Race, a qualifying event, he was injured by a damaged sail and was forced to abandon his monohull. The Croatian cargo vessel Anton, which was heading for the United States, diverted to rescue him and evacuated him from the boat.[5] The loss of the boat led to him not competing in the race.[6]
References[edit]
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- ↑ {{"IMOCA Sailor Profile". Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Richard Tolkien Linked Profile". Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ "Richard Tolkien". vendeeglobe.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ↑ "The British sailor Richard Tolkien is back". 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ↑ "Transat bakerly race sailor Richard Tolkien rescued". BBC News. 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ↑ "Richard Tolkien announces withdrawal from Vendée Globe 2016". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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