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Brian Thompson is a British yachtsman, born on 5 March 1962.〔http://www.brianthompsonsailing.com/profile.php〕 Brian made it into the history books by becoming the first Briton to break the Round the World sailing record twice. Also the first to sail non stop around the world 4 times. A vastly experienced and successful offshore racer on all types of high performance yachts – from 21 foot Mini Transat racers to 140 foot Maxi Trimarans. 〔http://www.caterhamchallenge.com〕 ==Biography== He started his career in the OSTAR in 1992 with his own yacht. He sailed a lot on multihulls with Steve Fosset with whom he set several records, mainly the around the world sailing record in 2004. In 2005, he won the Oryx Quest, round the world crewed race, on ''Doha 2006'', ex-''Club Med''. In 2006, he won the Volvo Ocean Race on ''ABN AMRO One'' as a crewmember of Mike Sanderson. The same year, he finished 6th in the Route du Rhum, in IMOCA class. He finished 5th of the Vendée Globe 2008-2009 on a 60 feet IMOCA class Bahrein Team Pindar.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mysport/3548167/My-Sport-Brian-Thompson-Vendee-Globe-offshore-racer-Sailing.html〕 In 2012 he won the Jules Verne Trophy as helmsman and trimmer for Loïck Peyron, on the maxi-multihull Banque Populaire V.〔(Brian Thompson breaks round-the-world record )〕 He then became the first British sailor with four non-stop laps of the world. File:Banque populaire5-003.jpg|Banque Populaire V File:Banque Populaire V, Fastnet Race helicopter shot.jpg|Bancque Populaire V File:Banque Populaire V, Fastnet Race.jpg|Banque Populaire V, Fastnet race File:Brian Thompson on Banque Populaire V.jpg|Brian Thompson on Banque Populaire V, only British sailor onboard 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Thompson (sailor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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