Bruno Peyron

French yachtsman (born 1955)

Bruno Peyron
Personal information
Bruno Peyron in 2012
Full name	Bruno Tristan Peyron
Born	(1955-11-10) November 10, 1955 (age 68) Angers, France

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 behind the round-the-world-race, The Race.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Sorkin, Beverly E. "Bruno Peyron (French yachtsman)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Sailing: Peyron smashes record". New York Times. 17 March 2005. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
^ 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 First holder Sport Elec with Olivier de Kersauson Geronimo with Olivier de Kersauson	Jules Verne Trophy 1993–1994 2002–2004 2005–2010	Succeeded by ENZA New Zealand with Knox-Johnston & Blake Geronimo with Olivier de Kersauson Groupama 3 with Franck Cammas