Bruno Peyron Explained

Bruno Peyron
Fullname:Bruno Tristan Peyron
Birth Date:10 November 1955
Birth Place:Angers, France
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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.[4] He has been one of the main organisers behind the round-the-world-race, The Race.[5]

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  1. Web site: Bruno Peyron (French yachtsman) . Sorkin . Beverly E. . Britannica Online Encyclopedia . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629092633/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/454731/Bruno-Peyron . 29 June 2011 . dead .
  2. Book: Glenday, Craig. Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of New Records in The Book of the Decade!. 3 March 2011. 2010-04-27. Random House Publishing Group. 978-0-553-59337-2. 165.
  3. Book: Zimmermann, Tim. The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition. registration. 3 March 2011. 2004-01-01. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0-618-38270-5. 105.
  4. Web site: Sailing: Peyron smashes record . 17 March 2005 . New York Times . https://archive.today/20120905041842/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/16/sports/16iht-BOATS.html?_r=1 . 5 September 2012 . dead .
  5. News: Yachting: Storm brews over new races . Jeffery . Tim . 20 October 2003 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160229080701/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/sailing/2423662/Yachting-Storm-brews-over-new-races.html . 29 February 2016 . dead .

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