OC Sport

Created in 1998, OC Sport is a global sports marketing and award-winning events management company specialising in professional sailing and outdoor events including running, trail running, triathlon and amateur cycling.We are a multinational group of sports management professionals, with 20 years’ experience in delivering events in unforgettable locations, whether on the sea, in the mountains or on the road.

About OC Sport

Created in 1998, OC Sport is a global sports marketing and award-winning events management company specialising in professional sailing and outdoor events including running, trail running, triathlon and amateur cycling. The company can be found in every outdoors setting: oceans, lakes, mountains, deserts and city centres.

Operating globally from bases in Switzerland, France, UK, China and USA, OC Sport manages competitive teams and athletes and provides consultancy to global brands, host venues and other event organisers. Every year OC Sport's 150-strong international team organises 35 events on five continents.


This team is driven by a desire to inspire both participants and fans to go one step further in their lives. Whether it's creating new events or exploring new territories, OC Sport is always looking beyond the horizon.

OC Sport’s portfolio in professional sailing comprises offshore races The Transat, La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, and La Transat AG2R La Mondiale as well as management of the Chinese ‘Dongfeng Race Team’ winner of the 2018 Volvo Ocean Race (stopping in ten different countries). The company manages all of its sailing activities from ‘Le HUB by OC Sport’, a centre of excellence based in Lorient, France offering a full-service solution for international offshore sailing campaigns.

Its main activities in Outdoor Sports include the Harmony Geneva Marathon for Unicef (18,000 runners, and the largest marathon in Switzerland), the French Riviera Marathon (Nice-Cannes, 15,000 runners, second biggest Marathon in France), La Tour Genève Triathlon, the Geneva 20km by Geneva Airport, Run Mate, as well as the Haute Route™ amateur cycling series, with 11 different events in the Pyrenees, Alps, Dolomites, Crans Montana, Ventoux, USA, Mexico, China, Brazil and Oman.

Beyond event and project management, OC Sport has worked as consultant for international brands (Babolat, Coca-Cola, Nespresso, Peugeot) and governments (Kingdom of Morocco, Sultanate of Oman).

Culture

We believe sport is the fuel of life and that it has the power to make our lives better and bring people together.
We are committed to creating unforgettable experiences for men and women in some of the most challenging and beautiful settings on the planet.

We are a responsible organisation determined to help people fulfill themselves while respecting the environment in which we operate.

We have a unique set of capabilities, based on 20 years of experience in creating and managing events in professional sailing, amateur cycling, running, ultra-trail running and triathlon.

We are progressive and challenge tradition; we inspire individuals and commercial partners to set goals and achieve them and, above all, we deliver world–class events at sea, in the mountains or on the road.

We think globally and operate locally across Europe, the Far East and the Americas. We believe nothing is beyond our capability.

Every year we organise more than 200 days of competition, in more than 30 events, on five continents.