Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Polish yacht racer
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Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz
- Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (born 15 July 1936, in Poland) is the first woman to have sailed single-handed (i.e.
- solo) around the world, repeating the accomplishment of Joshua Slocum.
- She sailed from the Canary Islands on 28 March 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978, completing a circumnavigation of 31,166 nautical miles (57,719 km) in 401 days. Orders Polonia Restituta Commander's Cross
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