Matt Humphries
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Humphries
NationalityBritish
Born (1971-07-21) 21 July 1971
Sailing career
Class(es)VO60, VO70

Matthew "Matt" Humphries (born 21 July 1971) is a British sailor.[1] He participated in the Volvo Ocean Race five times: in 1989–90 with With Integrity, 1993–94 as skipper of Reebok/Dolphin & Youth, 1997–98 with America's Challenge and Swedish Match, 2001–02 with Team SEB and Team News Corp,[2] and 2005–06 with Brunel.[3]

He was 18 when he sailed With Integrity, becoming the youngest ever person to sail in the race.[4]

In 2002, due to a conflict with skipper Gurra Krantz, Humphries was forced to resign the VOR Yacht team SOB.

References

  1. ↑ "ISAF Sailor - Sailors - ISAF - World Sailing - Official Website : Sailor Biography". International Sailing Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sailing: 'Different views' see Humphries leave Volvo race". Independent.co.uk. 9 January 2002. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Matt Humphries resigns from VOR - Yachting World". 8 January 2002. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.


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