Bruno Peyron

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Bruno Peyron
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Bruno Peyron in 2012
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Full nameBruno Tristan Peyron
Born (1955-11-10) November 10, 1955 (age 69)
Angers, France
Orange II, Peyron's former yacht Base-sous-marine-Lorient-ca.jpg
Orange II, Peyron's former yacht

Bruno Tristan Peyron (born 10 November 1955) [1] is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II , broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. [2] He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in less than 80 days. [3] Peyron was born in Angers, France and grew up in the French Atlantic coast city of La Baule. [1] [4] He has been one of the main organisers of the round-the-world-race, The Race. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sorkin, Beverly E. "Bruno Peyron (French yachtsman)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
  2. Glenday, Craig (2010-04-27). Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of New Records in The Book of the Decade!. Random House Publishing Group. p. 165. ISBN   978-0-553-59337-2 . Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  3. Zimmermann, Tim (2004-01-01). The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p.  105. ISBN   978-0-618-38270-5 . Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  4. "Sailing: Peyron smashes record". New York Times. 17 March 2005. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  5. Jeffery, Tim (20 October 2003). "Yachting: Storm brews over new races". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 29 February 2016.
Records
Preceded by Jules Verne Trophy
1993–1994
2002–2004
2005–2010
Succeeded by