Florence Arthaud

Florence Arthaud is one of those people who make me believe in raw courage. In 1990 she became the first woman to win the Route du Rhum, the brutal solo transatlantic race, and was named L'Équipe's Champion of Champions that same year. The sea does not care about gender or hype; it only rewards skill and nerve, and she proved hers alone on open water against a field of men. Her death in a 2015 helicopter crash felt cruelly premature, but the name she carved into sailing history will not wash away. I hold genuine reverence for her. A true queen of the sea.

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Name (English)

Florence Arthaud

Name (Japanese)

フローレンス・アルトー

Reading

ふろーれんす・あるとー

Born

October 28, 1957 – March 9, 2015

Origin

Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France

Height

163 cm

Occupation

skipper / navigator

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 1990 L'Équipe Champion of Champions

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%20Arthaud
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435208

Tags

• Seine
• skipper
• navigator

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.