Morgan Lagravière (born 23 May 1987[1] in Réunion[2]) is a French professional sailor who was a member of the National Olympic squad before progressing into offshore sailing.
He comes from a dinghy sailing background from posium position the 420 Worlds he moved into the 49er class ending up as the reserve pair for the 2008 Summer Olympics together with Stéphane Christidis.
With the assistance of Roland Jourdain, whose company Kairos manages the Safran project, he prepared to compete in the eighth edition of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe on 6 November 2016.
[4] However, after 18 days of racing while in 4th place, he was forced to retire due to saffron damage sustained after hitting an unidentified floating object.
He got back into the figaro sailing and joined the Gitana team as a helm trimmer for their 2020/2021 Jules Verne record attempts.