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Alvaro de Marichalar | |
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| Lord of Tejada | |
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| Full name | Alvaro de Marichalar Saenz de Tejada |
| Born | Navarra, Pamplona, España. |
| Father | Amalio de Marichalar y Brugera |
| Mother | María de la Concepción Saen de Tejada y Fernandez de Bobadilla |
| Occupation | Marine Explorer |
Álvaro de Marichalar Sáenz de Tejada (born April 25, 1961) is a Spanish aristocrat, entrepreneur and explorer. He holds the Guinness Record for fastest crossing of the Atlantic by personal watercraft.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Pamplona, Navarra, in 1961, he was an aviation pilot and served for two years at the Ejército del Aire,[2] but a car accident forced him to drop his aeronautic career as a pilot.[citation needed] Studied business administration in Florida.[3] Bussinessman of the real state sector and telecomunications, founded in https://www.hola.com/biografias/alvaro-de-marichalar/ 1984] TeleSat, pionneer company in the parabolic communication antennas in Spain.[4] In 1986 started another company pionnering the movil phone bussiness. Alvaro de Marichalar is an numbered Academic of the Real Academia de la Mar (founded at 2005 by the Army officer José Ventura Olaguibel).
Over the last 30 years he has realized 39 marine expeditions, all aboard small personal watercraft
- 2006: Hong Kong-Tokio ( commemorating the V centenary of Saint Francis Javier birth)
- 2016: Caribbean (for the V centenary of the Florida-Pacific discovery).[5] Homenaje a Blas de Lezo por los 325 años de su natalicio.
- 2013: Puerto Rico-Florida
- 2004: Formentera-Odesa (honoring the founder of Odesa, the Spanish sailor José de Ribas)
- 2002: Rome-New York in 2002 ( for the V centenary of the fourth and last voyage of Christopher Columbus a América). For this expedition received the Guinness Record for crossing the Atlantic on a personal watercraft 17 days, 1 hour y 11 minutes.[6]
- 2002: Paris-Dover-London, world record for the first solo journey on a personal watercraft[7]
- 2000: Panama Canal, (Puerto Colón-Isla de Contadora) solo journey.[8]
- 1999: Mallorca-Cerdeña-Mallorca-Puerto Portals-Porto Cervo-Porto Portals, 800 nautical miles.
- 1999: Porto-Cervo-Puerto Portals: 400 nautical miles nonstop, World record for nonstop travel. Mahón-Alghero: 200 nautical miles whitout scales or reaching the coast. World record for open sea distance navigation.[9]
- 1994: San Sebastían-Baleares-Cadaques (Conmemorating the Treaty of Tordesillas) World record 2,000 nautical miles.[9]
- 1993: Sevilla-Génova, solitary navigation, 1350 nautical miles, World record.,[10]
- 1992: Ibiza-Mallorca, Open sea distance, world record. [9]
Now he is on the expedition commemorating the Vth Centenary of the first world circunnavegation by Fernando de Magallanes y Juan Sebastián Elcano.[11] and he is doing it now in the personal watercraft, being the smallest vessel to achieve this feat.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fastest crossing of the Atlantic by personal watercraft (PWC)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ "ALVARO DE MARICHALAR Y SAENZ DE TEJADA".
- ^ Martín, Susana (20 January 2008). "Álvaro Marichalar. 'Mi familia dice que lo mío es valentía'". El Mundo. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Hola.com. "Álvaro de Marichalar. Noticias, fotos y biografía de Álvaro de Marichalar". hola.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ Kalipersad, Dominic (2 March 2016). "Renowned navigator to visit Trinidad in Caribbean Sea Tour". Caribbean Communications Network. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "Álvaro de Marichalar". www.bekia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "Álvaro de Marichalar". www.bekia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "Atlantik2001". www.atlantik2001.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ a b c "Encuentro Atlántico". www.atlantik2001.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "Encuentro Atlántico". www.atlantik2001.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ Cruz, Adán De la (2022-05-08). "Con recorrido tributo a Magallanes y Elcano, Álvaro de Marichalar y "Primera Vuelta al Mundo" llega a México". López-Dóriga Digital (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
External links
[edit]- Página web propia de Álvaro de Marichalar
- Entrevista en la revista Crónica
- Encuentro digital en El Mundo
- 20 Minutos
- Biografía en Hola
Category:Dukes of Lugo
Category:People from Pamplona
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Category:Living people
Category:Spanish business executives
Category:Spanish sportsmen