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Windsurfing speed record (500 m)
99.06 km/h
61.553 mph
- Holder
- Antoine Albeau
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| current | 99.06 km/h | Antoine Albeau |
| 98.89 km/h | Antoine Albeau | |
| 90.19 km/h | Finian Maynard | |
| 82.71 km/h | Thierry Bielak | |
| 74.96 km/h | Erik Beale |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 99.06 km/hAntoine Albeau
- 74.96 km/hErik Beale
- 82.71 km/hThierry Bielak
- 98.89 km/hAntoine Albeau
What to remember
Lüderitz, in Namibia, keeps coming up in the story of windsurfing speed. That is where Antoine Albeau reached 99.06 km/h on 1 December 2024, over a 500 m course.
The windsurfer from La Rochelle had pushed the limit before. On 5 March 2008, on the Saintes Maries de la Mer Speed Canal, he hit 49.09 knots, beating the 48.70 knots Finian Maynard had set at the same spot in April 2005. In November 2012, on the Luderitz Canal, he went up to 96.34 km/h.
The record has moved up in steps: 74.96 km/h for Erik Beale in 1988, 82.71 km/h for Thierry Bielak in 1991, 90.19 km/h for Maynard in 2005, then 98.89 km/h for Albeau in 2015. From the 1988 figure to the record, speed rose by 32.2%.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Record de vitesse à la voile” (revision used 236828820). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: EncMstr, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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