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Isabelle Autissier

Chronology

1956	Born October 18 in Brittany, France
1978	Graduates from college with a degree in nautical engineering
1987	Finishes third in the Mini Transat, a solo race across the Atlantic
1989	Finishes fourth in La Solitaire du Figaro competition
1991	Finishes seventh in the BOC yacht race (later renamed Around Alone) to become the first woman sailor to circumnavigate the planet
1994	Sets world record sailing around Cape Horn from New York to San Francisco in sixty-two days, five hours, and fifty-five minutes—beating the old record by two weeks
1994	Capsizes in the Indian Ocean during the Around Alone Race and spends four days adrift before being rescued by the Australian military
1996	Disqualified from the Vendee Globe race when she requires assistance to repair a broken rudder
1999	Capsizes midway between New Zealand and Cape Horn during her third Around Alone race; rescued by rival Giovanni Soldini
1999	Announces retirement from solo marathon racing