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Robin Knox-Johnston

English yacht racer

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Born 1939 · age 87United Kingdom
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    Born 1939
  • Known for
    Deep Water
    2006
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Updated 2026-08-12

Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD* is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won in 1994 the second Jules Verne Trophy, for which they were also given the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards. In 2007, at the age of 67, he set a record as the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race.

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