Yvan Griboval
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Yvan Griboval (born 7 January 1957 in Mont-Saint-Aignan, near Rouen in the French Department Seine-Maritime), is the son of Cécile Griboval born Toutain (1924-2012) and Roger Griboval (1908-1997). Roger Griboval was an impressionist painter from the Ecole de Rouen, renowned for his talent as an aquarellist. Only child, Yvan Griboval discovered the nature accompanying his father painting en plein-air: Higher-Normandy coast (from Dieppe to Fécamp) and at the edge of the Seine around Rouen. He spent all his weekends and holidays in Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, where he was taught very young to fish on the sea, and above all to discover the marine environment and to the sailing competition on Requin.
Sailing
A self-described self-made man, Griboval pursued parallel careers in professional sailing and journalism from an early age. Beginning in 1975, he competed in regattas and offshore racing, while from 1979 he worked as a journalist and photographer across print and television media, contributing to outlets including L'Équipe, Agence France-Presse, Voiles & Voiliers, and France Télévisions. Over the course of his media career, he held roles as reporter, editor-in-chief, editor, presenter, director, and producer.
Yvan Griboval has worked as a "factory skipper" at the beginning of the 80’s for the Chantiers Bénéteau and sometimes also for the chantiers Jeanneau and Kirié, for which he won many classical French races: Semaine de La Rochelle, Semaine de Marseille, Course Croisière Edhec, etc. Yvan Griboval has run several transatlantic races for the Chantiers Bénéteau: Twostar on First, La Rochelle - La Nouvelle Orléans on Maison Phénix, Transat en Double on Maison Phénix III, where he finished second or third in his class. Running in the Route du Rhum 82 on Maison Phénix II, again on a sailing ship Bénéteau, he has to give up because of a breakdown of autopilot.
Whitbread 1985-86
Yvan Griboval took part in the win of L’Esprit d’Équipe with Lionel Péan in the Whitbread 1985-86 (now the Volvo Ocean Race), the crewed race around the world. This French win in 1986 has only been renewed in 2012 (Franck Cammas and his crew on Groupama).
The watershed to communication
Yvan Griboval has then put his experience and know-how at the service of companies as from 1987 to 1988, to guide them in their event-driven communication processes based on the exploitation of the Yachting in general and the Sailing, of its competitions, of its champions.
Pioneering concepts
In this framework, Yvan Griboval has developed original media coverage methods for the events he is working for, offering his partners an optimised media exposure. He has guided his customers and partners in some of the most renowned sportive sailing events: America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race (ex-Whitbread), transatlantic races, World championships, Tour de France à la Voile, etc.
SailingOne
Yvan Griboval is the founder and president of the company SailingOne (SAS)[1] ever since its inception (December 1994) after the takeover of the company KL Organisation, in whose creation he was involved in 1990, before purchasing it in December 1992, and then transforming it.