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French skipper Mathieu Richard. (World Tour/Guido Cantini)
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Skipper Mathieu Richard and the Saba Sailing Team. (World Tour/Guido Cantini)
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Skipper Mathieu Richard (right) and bowman Yannick Simon engage in a little shoreside match-racing, otherwise known as chess. (Swedish Match Tour/Bob Grieser)
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Nationality French
Residence Nantes, France
Date of Birth June 5, 1976
Mathieu finished the 2006-’07 season in 2nd place with 146 points from thirteen events.
World Match Racing Tour Results
2006-’07 — 2nd Overall
2005-’06 — 9th Overall
2004-’05 — 10th Overall
2003-’04 — 16th Overall
2006-’07
6th - Monsoon Cup 07
(Crew: Thierry Briend, Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Yannick Simon)
1st - Brasil Sailing Cup 07
(Crew: Yannick Simon, Olivier Herledant, Greg Evrard, Thierry Briend)
1st - Bermuda Gold Cup 07
(Crew: Yannick Simon, Olivier Herledant, Greg Evrard)
9th - Latium Match Cup 07
5th - St Moritz 07
(Crew: Yannick Simon, Philippe Mourniac)
10th - Danish Open 07
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Yannick Simon, Olivier Herledant, Benoit Briand)
5th - Troia Portugal Match Cup 07
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Yannick Simon, Olivier Herledant, Benoit Briand)
6th - Match Cup Sweden 07
2nd - Match Race Germany 07
2nd - Monsoon Cup 06
(Crew: Thierry Briend, Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Yannick Simon)
2nd - Bermuda Gold Cup 06
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Yannick Simon)
11th - Danish Open 06
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Philippe Saliou, Yannick Simon)
5th - Portugal Match Cup 06
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Jean-Philippe Saliou, Yannick Simon)
2005-’06
2nd — ACI Match Race Cup ’06
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Jean Philippe Saliou, Yannick Simon)
5th — Match Race Germany ’06
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledent, Xavier Leroy, Yannick Simon)
10th — St. Moritz Match Race ’05
(Crew: Philippe Mourniac, Yannick Simon)
2004-’05
3rd — Danish Open ’04
(Crew: Gregoire Eurard, Olivier Herledant, Yannik Simon, Frederic Rivet)
5th — ACI H1 Match Race Cup ’05
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Frederic Rivet, Yannick Simon)
7th — Bermuda Gold Cup ’04
(Crew: Olivier Herledant, Philippe Mourniac, Yannick Simon)
11th — Match Race Germany ’05
(Crew: Greg Evrardi, Olivier Herledant, Frederic Rivet, Yannick Simon)
2003-’04
6th — ACI HTmobile Cup ’04
6th — Match Race Germany ’04
Core Crewmembers
Greg Evrard (mainsail and tactics)
Olivier Herledant (pit)
Thierry Briend (tactician)
Yannick Simon (bow)
Achievements
1st - Congressional Cup '07
1st - Nations Cup '06
1st - Mumm 30 World Champion (as tactician) '05
1st - Internationaux de France ’04
1st - French Youth Match Racing Championship ’01
1st - Tour de France ’04 (tactician, Bouygues Telecom)
1st - Tour de France ’02 (tactician, Nantes Saint Nazaire)
1st - French Youth Match Racing Championship ’00
2nd - French National Match Racing Championship ’04
2nd - Marseille International Match Race ’05
3rd - Marseille International Match Race ’04
4th - Congressional Cup ’05
4th - Match Racing World Championship ’05
Four-time French champion in Optimist and 420 dinghies
Biography
Mathieu began sailing at age 11 in the Optimist dinghy. He later moved to the two-person 420 dinghy and then into match-racing in 1998. He finds match-racing very interesting because it requires mastery of a varying skill to be at the top: boathandling, boatspeed, tactics, starts and communication. He also feels you need to be mentally and physically strong. He likes the fact that you can always improve your skills.
Mathieu finds the World Match Racing Tour very exciting. “You sail a lot of top-level events and have the opportunity to compete against the stars of match-racing and sailing in general, like Russell Coutts, Ed Baird, Peter Gilmour, and Bertrand Pacé. That is very exciting for me, especially when we beat them!”
Mathieu has been sailing with the same crew members since 2000, and began sailing the Tour in 2003-’04. After coming 2nd overall on the 2006-'07 season Mathieu has set a goal of placing 1st in the 2008 season.
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Newsletter - September 2008
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