Alex Pella

Alex Pella
	Alex Pella
Personal information
Nickname	The Spanish Devil
Nationality	Spanish
Born	2 November 1972 (age 52); Barcelona
Website	alexpella.es
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Sailing
Club	Royal Barcelona Yacht Club
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Jules Verne Trophy 2017 Absolute round-the-world speed sailing record. Fastest circumnavigation of the world; 1st Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 Multi50; 1st Route du Rhum 2014 First and only Spaniard to win a transoceanic single-handed regatta; 2nd Mini Transat 6.50 2005 First and only Spaniard to win a leg of a transoceanic single-handed regatta & 3rd Mini Transat 6.50 2003 First and only Spanish podium on a transoceanic single-handed regatta;

Alex Pella (born 2 November 1972) is a Spanish yachtsman. In 2014 he became the first Spaniard to win a transoceanic single-handed race, the Route du Rhum. Alex Pella made history once again, on 26 January 2017, when he broke, with the rest of the team, the absolute round-the-world speed sailing record, known as the Jules Verne Trophy,^[2] aboard the sophisticated maxi-multihull IDEC 3. They circumnavigated the planet in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.^[3]

^ "Victoire d'Arkema - Multi 50 - Transat Jacques Vabre 2017". Transat Jacques Vabre. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
^ "Cérémonie de remise du Trophée Jules à Francis Joyon et l'équipage de IDEC SPORT". Musée national de la Marine. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
^ "TVE - Récord Trofeo Julio Verne". RTVE. Retrieved 2017-01-26.

[1] "Victoire d'Arkema - Multi 50 - Transat Jacques Vabre 2017". Transat Jacques Vabre. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

[2] "Cérémonie de remise du Trophée Jules à Francis Joyon et l'équipage de IDEC SPORT". Musée national de la Marine. Retrieved 2017-04-27.

[3] "TVE - Récord Trofeo Julio Verne". RTVE. Retrieved 2017-01-26.

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