Florence Arthaud
 Florence Arthaud in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | "La petite fiancée de l'Atlantique" |
| Nationality | French |
| Born |
28 October 1957 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Died |
9 March 2015 (aged 57) Villa Castelli, La Rioja Province, Argentina |
Florence Arthaud (28 October 1957 – 9 March 2015) was a French sailor from Boulogne-Billancourt.[1] She was the daughter of Jacques Arthaud, director of the Arthaud publishing house.
Biography
At age 17, she was in a serious car accident, which resulted in paralysis. She was hospitalized for six months and her recovery took two years.[2] She had a daughter with Loïc Lingois, a French professional sailor. In 1990, she won the Route du Rhum for Pierre 1er. In 1997, she won the Transpacific with Bruno Peyron.[3]
In 1990, Arthaud established a new world record for the fastest solo crossing of the North Atlantic, beating the previous record by two days.[4]
In 2014, she took part in Sea Shepherd's "GrindStop" campaign against pilot-whale whaling in the Faroe Islands.[5]
Death
In 2015, Arthaud took part in Dropped, a reality television show on TF1 in which sportspeople were transported by helicopters into the wilderness. During filming on 9 March 2015, she died in a helicopter collision in Argentina along with nine other people, two of whom were fellow contestants.[6]
References
- ↑ "Florence Arthaud rend visite aux élèves ingénieurs de l'institut Fénelon à Grasse". Nice Matin. December 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Biographie de Florence Arthaud Le Parisien
- ↑ L'éternelle fiancée Le Monde'. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "French sports stars among 10 killed in helicopter crash while filming reality show". RTÉ News. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Skynews.com – Celebritie join Dolphin Hunt Battle
- ↑ "French Olympians filming reality TV survival show killed in helicopter crash in Argentina". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 March 2015.