Virginie Claire Désirée Marie Hériot (26 July 1890 – 28 August 1932) was a French yachtswoman who won in the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 8 Metre Aile VI.
[4] In 1912, Hériot ordered her first racer: L' Aile I, but failed reconquer the Coupe of France that the English had held for two years.
In 1929, she lifted the "Coupe of France"[6] from the English and won "His Majesty Alfonso XIII of Spain Copa del Rey".
Alfonso XIII of Spain made visits with his family on her schooner Ailée II and awarded her the Spanish Naval Merit in 1930.
Her mother, unable to order Virginie's body to be cast off the Breton coasts as per her dying wishes, had her buried in the family vault in La Boissière-École instead.
The Cup is assigned to the International Dragon Class, but remains the property of the Yacht Club de France.