Björn Dunkerbeck

Bjørn Dunkerbeck (born 16 July 1969) is a professional windsurfer who has won the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Overall World Championships a record 42 times.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Bjorn Dunkerbeck in the Netherlands during the World Tour (2005)

Dunkerbeck is the son of a Dutch father and a Danish mother, but sailed under the Spanish flag number ESP-11, as he grew up in the volcanic archipelago of Canary Islands in Spain. He dominated the late 1980s and the entire 1990s professional scene, especially in racing, but was also a champion in wavesailing.^[4]

Both he and his sister Britt^[5] have held records for the World Sailing Speed Record Council Nautical Mile.^[6]^[7] In the 2021 Lüderitz Speed Challenge in Namibia he reached a top speed of 55.97 knots.^[8]^[9]

PWA titles

Overall World Champion (1988–1999)
Race World Champion (1988–1999) and 2001
Wave World Champion (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001)
Freestyle World Champion (1998)
Speed World Champion (1994)

References

^ Carter, John (December 15, 2021). "Bjorn Dunkerbeck: mark of a champion". Windsurf Magazine.
^ Jack L. Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Sharon Linnea (2003). Chicken Soup from the Soul of Hawaii: Stories of Aloha to Create Paradise Wherever you are. HCIInspirational. ISBN 0-7573-0061-8.
^ "Windsurfer aims for speed record". CNN International. 14 March 2003.
^ "The World Champion of World Champions". noticias.info. 18 November 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2005.
^ Waite, Clyde. "Bjorn on Camera". Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
^ "Records tumble at Walvis Bay Speed Sailing". Sail World. 1 November 2006.
^ "Nautical Mile Records". World Sailing Speed Record Council. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
^ "Windsurfer Björn Dunkerbeck hits top speed of 103.67 km/h". 22 November 2021.
^ D'Ambrosio, Luca (2 December 2021). "Windsurfing at 56 knots. Record for Bjorn Dunkerbeck". Yachting News.