Titouan Lamazou

French painter and writer

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Titouan Lamazou
Personal information

Nationality	French
Born	(1955-07-11) 11 July 1955 (age 68) Casablanca, Morocco

Sailing career
Class	IMOCA 60

Titouan Lamazou is a French navigator, artist and writer, born on 11 July 1955 in Casablanca, Morocco. He was actually born Antoine Lamazou, he officially took the name Titouan Lamazou in 1986. After a stint at the Fine Arts, he went travelling at the age of 18 where he met with Éric Tabarly who encouraged him into adventure sailing winning the first Vendée Globe in 1990.^[1]

Distinctions

1990 - André de Saint-Sauveur Prize from the French Academy of Sports
1991 - Chevalier de l'ordre du Mérite Maritime Knight of the Order of Maritime Merit 1991
2003 = Official Navy Painter in 2003
2003 = UNESCO Artist for Peace, 2003
2017 - Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur Knight of the Legion of Honour on April 14, 2017^[2]

References

^ "News - Titouan Lamazou, the pioneer - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ "Décret du 14 avril 2017 portant promotion et nomination - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-22.