Bjørn Dunkerbeck (born 16 July 1969) is a professional windsurfer who has won the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Overall World Championships a record 42 times.[1][2][3]
Dunkerbeck is the son of a Dutch father and a Danish mother, but sailed under the Spanish flag number ESP-11, as he grew up in the volcanic archipelago of Canary Islands in Spain. He dominated the late 1980s and the entire 1990s professional scene, especially in racing, but was also a champion in wavesailing.[4]
Both he and his sister Britt[5] have held records for the World Sailing Speed Record Council Nautical Mile.[6][7] In the 2021 Lüderitz Speed Challenge in Namibia he reached a top speed of 55.97 knots.[8][9]
PWA titles
edit- Overall World Champion (1988–1999)
- Race World Champion (1988–1999) and 2001
- Wave World Champion (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001)
- Freestyle World Champion (1998)
- Speed World Champion (1994)
References
edit- ^ Carter, John (December 15, 2021). "Bjorn Dunkerbeck: mark of a champion". Windsurf Magazine.
- ^ Jack L. Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Sharon Linnea (2003). Chicken Soup from the Soul of Hawaii: Stories of Aloha to Create Paradise Wherever you are. HCIInspirational. ISBN 0-7573-0061-8.
- ^ "Windsurfer aims for speed record". CNN International. 14 March 2003.
- ^ "The World Champion of World Champions". noticias.info. 18 November 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2005.
- ^ Waite, Clyde. "Bjorn on Camera". Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "Records tumble at Walvis Bay Speed Sailing". Sail World. 1 November 2006.
- ^ "Nautical Mile Records". World Sailing Speed Record Council. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "Windsurfer Björn Dunkerbeck hits top speed of 103.67 km/h". 22 November 2021.
- ^ D'Ambrosio, Luca (2 December 2021). "Windsurfing at 56 knots. Record for Bjorn Dunkerbeck". Yachting News.
External links
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- Official website
- Björn Dunkerbeck at the Professional Windsurfers Association
- Björn Dunkerbeck at World Sailing
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