Bruno Peyron

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

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 under 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]

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Records
Preceded by 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


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