Paul Meilhat
Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French sailor and navigator. He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - SMA and he competed in the Vendee Globe.

Rankings
2019:
 7th - Transat Jaque Vabre on Initiatives cœur with Sam Davies
 7th - Défi Azimut
 5th - Rolex Fastnet Race
2018:
 winner of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA category on SMA in 12 days, 11 hours, 23 minutes and 18 seconds; 6th overal 
 winner of the Monaco Globes series, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet
 winner of the Bermuda 1000 Race - Douarnenez Cascais
2017:
 winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
 2nd in the Transat Jacques Vabre, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
 RET for the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe with keel issues
2016:
 4th in the Transat New York-Vendée.
2015:
 winner of the SNSM record, doubles with Michel Desjoyeaux, in 37 hours, 4 minutes and 23 seconds
2014:
 1st - Transat AG2R with Gwénolé Gahinet on "Safran Guy Cotten"
2012:
 4th - Transat AG2R with Fabien Delahaye on "Macif"
2007
 31st - ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, POR
2006
 34th - 49er World Championship - Aix Les Bains, FRA
2005
 29th - 49er World Championship, Moscow, RUS
2004
 68th - 49er World Championship (Olympic Qualifier), Athens, GRE

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1982 births
Living people
French male sailors (sport)
Figaro class sailors
IMOCA 60 class sailors
French Vendee Globe sailors
2016 Vendee Globe sailors