Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 June 2021 Gdansk, Poland | (aged 84)
Nationality | Polish |
Known for | first woman sailing around the globe single handed |
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (15 July 1936 – 13 June 2021) was a Polish naval engineer and sailor as well as the first woman to have sailed single-handed (i.e. solo) around the world, repeating the accomplishment of Joshua Slocum.[1][2][3] She sailed from the Canary Islands on 28 March 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978, completing a circumnavigation of 31,166 nautical miles (57,719 km) in 401 days.
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