Английская Википедия:Catherine Chabaud

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Catherine Chabaud (born 29 November 1962) is a French navigator, journalist and politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[1]

Career in sports

In 1997 Chabaud became the first woman to complete the Vendee Globe yacht race a solo round the World non-stop race finishing 6th in 3rd edition.[2] She is the only female to have skippered the winning entry on corrected time in the Fastnet Race, doing so in 1999.[3]

Political career

After Chabaud returned from her circumnavigation, she began working as a campaigner and adviser to the French government on oceans and marine protection.[4]

Since becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Chabaud has been serving on the Committee on Development. In this capacity, she authored a 2021 report on marine plastic.[5]

In addition to her committee assignments, Chabaud is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas[7] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[8]

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