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.

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

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France

Height

2 cm

Occupation

skipper / navigator

Awards & achievements

• 1990 L'Équipe Champion of Champions

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• Seine
• skipper
• navigator

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.