Antoine Albeau

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Antoine Albeau (2006)

Antoine Albeau (born June 17, 1972 in La Rochelle , France ) is a French windsurfer . Albeau takes part in the Windsurf World Cup with the sail number F-192. In his career he has won 25 world titles.

Speed ​​records

On March 5, 2008, Albeau set a new speed record in all windsurfing categories: He surfed 49.09 knots (90.91 km / h) on a 500-meter course near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the French Riviera . With that he beat the previous record holder Finian Maynard , who had reached a speed of 48.70 kn at the same point in April 2005 . On November 13, 2012, he improved the previous record to 49.41 kn on an approximately 1 km long, 10 m wide, 1 m deep and specially constructed canal on the west coast of Namibia , near the city of Lüderitz . On November 2, 2015, he improved this record in Namibia again to 53.27 kn.

Successes (excerpt)

  • PWA Freestyle World Champion: 2001
  • PWA Slalom World Champion: 2004, 2006, 2007–2015, 2017–2018
  • PWA Super X World Champion: 2006
  • Multiple French windsurf race champion (1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001)
  • 2008: 49.09 kn World Sailing Speed ​​Record windsurfers over 500 m
  • 2008–2012: 49.09 kn World Sailing Speed ​​Record , windsurfer over 500 m
  • 2012–2015: 52.05 kn World Sailing Speed ​​Record , windsurfer over 500 m
  • since 2015: 53.27 kn World Sailing Speed ​​Record , windsurfer over 500 m

Web links

Commons : Antoine Albeau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Windsurf: Antoine Albeau s'offre un 25e titre mondial , October 7, 2018, L'Équipe , French
  2. Magic 50 . In: Der Spiegel No. 46 from November 12, 2012
  3. World Sailing Speed ​​Record Council, Newsletter No. 260
  4. PWA ranking list Freestyle, surf Magazin 11 + 12/2001, p. 94
  5. Antoine Albeau wins home game for world championship title: Almanarre, surf Magazin 1 + 2/2005, p. 100
  6. a b c Profile at the Professional Windsurfers Association , English
  7. World Sailing Record Council 500 meter records , sailspeedrecords.com