Mike Golding

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Golding
Occupation	Explorer
Date Of Birth	Aug 27, 1960(1960-08-27)
Age	64
Birthplace	Great Yarmouth
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Mike Golding Biography

Mike Golding is one of the most popular and richest Explorer who was born on August 27, 1960 in Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom. Mike Golding, an English yachtsman was born 27 August 1960 in Great Yarmouth. He attended Reading Blue Coat School. He is the only yachtsman to have raced around the globe in both directions non-stop. Between 1994 and 2000, he held the solo record of sailing around the world westabout (the most difficult direction for circumnavigation).

Golding and Dee Caffari announced in March 2007 a technical partnership to allow both UK entries to the Vendee Globe 2008-9 round-the-world yacht race to work together.

He started the Velux 5 Oceans yacht racing race in October 2006. Alex Thomson, a fellow sailor, was also saved by him in the Southern Ocean. Then the yacht Ecover suffered a mast collapse with both of them aboard. He declared that he would be retiring from the race after making an emergency landing in Cape Town.

Mike Golding Net Worth

Mike Golding is one of the richest Explorer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Golding 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Golding led Group 4 to second in the British Steel Challenge 1992-3. Golding did better at the next edition of the BT Global Challenge 1996-7. He took first place with a new group of amateur sailors again onboard Group 4.

Golding was seventh in the 2000-2001 Vendee Globe solo, non stop round the globe race. He had lost seven days due to the dismasting his Open 60, also known as Group 4. Ecover, a Belgian company that makes ecological cleaning products, sponsors his current Open 60 campaign. They have sponsored him since 2001. He won the 2004 IMOCA World Championship, and he successfully defended his title in 2005. Golding was third in the 2004 Vendee Globe despite having lost his keel, an incident that had previously caused boats to flip during previous Vendee Globe races. To keep the boat upright, he sailed the remaining fifty miles using a small sailplan.

Golding skippered the Ecover Sailing Team in the 2009 iShares cup, a selection of races all over Europe, sailing catamarans in fast, competitive races against world-leaders in this sport. The races took place in Venice, Hyères, Cowes, Kiel, Amsterdam and Almeria.

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Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Explorer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mike Golding celebrates birthday on August 27 of every year.