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| Vendée Globe Finish

| Vendée Globe Updates

| Vendée Globe Build Up

Vendée Globe Finish

Vendée Globe Finish

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| 18 February 2025

99 DAYS AT SEA: OLIVER HEER COMPLETES CIRCUM-NAVIGATION OF THE WORLD

| Tages ANZEigeR

| 18 February 2025

Oliver Heer'S CIRCUM-NAVIGATION OF THE WORLD: Vendée Globe REVIEW

| linth zeitung

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| 18 February 2025

Vendée Globe:
ARRIVAL OF OLIVER
HEER, 29TH

| course au large

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| 18 February 2025

OLIVER HEER COMPLETES CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF
THE WORLD

| Zurichsee

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| 18 February 2025

OLIVER HEER'S Vendée Globe: The beginning of something even bigger

| segel reporter

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| 17 February 2025

Oliver Heer about
his life as a professional sailor

| tages spiegel

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| 18 February 2025

The third Swiss skipper of the Vendée Globe helped science

| WATSON.ch

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| 17 February 2025

Oliver Heer'S Vendée Globe: “I was in a happy place”

| FLOAT MAGAZINE

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| 17 February 2025

This Swiss sailor circumnavigated the world FOR science

| watson.ch

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| 17 February 2025

Vendée Globe 2024: Olivier Heer arrives in Les Sables-d'Olonne

| les sables

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| 17 February 2025

Vendée Globe 2024. Swiss Oliver Heer welcomed in Sables-d'Olonne

| ouest france

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| 17 February 2025

Oliver Heer completes his first Vendée Globe in 29th place

| RTS

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| 17 February 2025

Vendée Globe: Oliver Heer, 29th place, for his first participation

| le figaro

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| 17 February 2025

The third Swiss participant, Zurich's Oliver Heer, has arrived

| 20 Min.ch

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| 17 February 2025

Swiss Oliver Heer completes first solo round the world race

| Voiles & Voiliers

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| 17 February 2025

Oliver Heer completes his first Vendée Globe
in 29th place

| BLICK

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| 17 February 2025

Oliver Heer completes his first Everest of the Seas in 29th place

| ouest france

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| 17 February 2025

First Swiss German to finish: Heer at Vendée Globe

| SRF

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| 17 February 2025

First SWISS German OLIVER Heer REACHES FINISH OF Vendée Globe

| Tele züri

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| 17 February 2025

Around the world in 99 days - Oliver Heer crosses the finish line

| yacht.de

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| 17 February 2025

Oliver Heer has reached the finish line of the Vendée Globe

| LINTH-ZEITUNG

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| 17 February 2025

This was Oliver Heer's circumnavigation of the world – Vendée Globe

| Südost schweiz

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| 17 February 2025

World sailor
OLIVER Heer writes sports history

| st Gallen 24

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Vendée Globe UPDATES

Vendée Globe Updates

| 5 February 2025

Oliver Heer interview, the LAST Swiss racing in the Vendée Globe

| SKIPPERS CH

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WATCH INTERVIEW

| 30 JANUARY 2025

Mother of Oliver Heer: “I would love to hibernate for three months now”

| Südost schweiz

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| 30 JANUARY 2025

A hole in the sail and a round of climbing – Oliver Heer Vendée Globe

| LINTH-ZEITUNG

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| 23 JANUARY 2025

This is what happens when sailor Oliver Heer gets into distress at sea

| linth zeitung

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| 23 JANUARY 2025

a chat with the light-house keeper: Oliver Heer Vendée Globe

| Südost schweiz

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| 17 JANUARY 2025

Vendée Globe:
the effort at the
end of the journey

| Le temps

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| 3 JANUARY 2025

Hardly any ship ever ventures into the Southern Ocean

| NZZ

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| 2 JANUARY 2025

"I felt alone out there for the first time," OLIVER HEER, Vendée Globe

| Zürichsee zeitung

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| 18 DECEMBER 2024

Safety instead of speed and two eliminated skippers

| Südost schweiz

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| 14 DECEMBER 2024

Vendée Globe: a symbiosis between sailors and machines

| Le Temps

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| 12 DECEMBER 2024

Rapperswil world sailor, OLIVER HEER
off to Australia

| STADT JOURNAL

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| 12 DECEMBER 2024

cigar and whiskey to celebrate and meetING
a whale

| Südost schweiz

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| 10 DECEMBER 2024

Oliver Heer reaches the next ocean: Vendée Globe LATEST

| Höfner.ch

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| 6 DECEMBER 2024

Vendée Globe: the Indian Ocean, between turmoil and fascination

| Le Temps

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| 29 NOVEMBER 2024

some sailors have to take high financial risks for the Vendée Globe

| NZZ

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| 28 NOVEMBER 2024

This is how Heer is doing on the road: penalty lap and a toast to Neptune

| linth zeitung

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| 27 NOVEMBER 2024

After Heer's "penalty lap": most curious rules of the Vendée Globe

| Südost schweiz

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| 26 NOVEMBER 2024

THIS IS HOW THE YACHTS PLOW THROUGH THE SOUTH ATLANTIC

| NWZ.de

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| 25 NOVEMBER 2024

Vendée Globe: Skipper Oliver Heer now sails in the southern hemisphere

| March Anzeiger

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| 25 NOVEMBER 2024

Vendée Globe, the sanction falls FOR OLIVER HEER

| sports.FR

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| 25 NOVEMBER 2024

Vendée Globe: Oliver Heer penalized 2 hours for unloading a sail

| ouest france

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| 25 NOVEMBER 2024

Vendée Globe: Swiss-German skipper living 'childhood dream'

| FRANCe 24

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| 23 NOVEMBER 2024

Vendée Globe:
flights below
the clouds

| Le Temps

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| 20 NOVEMBER 2024

How OLIVER HEER is contributing to climate protection on the seas

| Südost schweiz

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Vendée Globe build up

Vendée Globe Build Up

| 5 NOVEMBER 2024

45,000 kilometers
on the sea alone -
the Vendée Globe

| NZZ

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| 5 NOVEMBER 2024

Oliver Heer – sailing around the world single-handed from Lake Zurich!

| OBERSEE NACHRICHTEN

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| 4 NOVEMBER 2024

How do Vendée Globe skippers manage solitude at sea?

| ouest france

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| 3 NOVEMBER 2024

Oliver Heer – “It would be brilliant if a non-Frenchman won”

| YACHT.De

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| 3 NOVEMBER 2024

"The boat knows the way; I just have to make the right decisions."

| SAIL WORLD

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| 31 OCTOBER 2024

Mental strength and resilience is fundamental to the Vendée skippers

| Vendée GLOBE

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| 30 OCTOBER 2024

Oliver Heer : "I am so pleased and proud
to be here!"

| VENDÉE Globe

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| 28 OCTOBER 2024

skippers taking
part in the 2024
Vendée Globe...

| OUEST FRANCE

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There are many exciting developments taking place across Oliver Heer Ocean Racing as we gear up for the Vendée Globe. To keep up-to-date with our latest news, please keep dropping in to this section.

For all media and PR queries, please contact communications@oliverheer.com

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