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Henryk Jaskuła

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Henryk Jaskuła
Henryk Jaskuła in SY Dar Przemyśla.
Born(1923-10-22)22 October 1923
Radziszów
Died14 May 2020(2020-05-14) (aged 96)
Przemysl
Nationality Poland
OccupationYachtsman - Sea Captain

Henryk Jaskuła (22 October 1923 – 14 May 2020)[1] was a yachtsman, sailing captain, and electrical engineer. He was the first Pole to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. He achieved it on the yacht Dar Przemyśla.

Jaskuła became the third man to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and single-handed on 20 May 1980, the day he returned to Gdynia.

Personal life

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He has two daughters: physicist Lidia Morawska and Aleksandra.[2]

Orders

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References

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  1. ^ "Zmarł Henryk Jaskuła". www.radio.rzeszow.pl (in Polish). 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Kim jest Lidia Morawska? Polka została wyróżniona przez magazyn Time" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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