Florence Arthaud

Biography

Florence Arthaud, (28 October 1957 – 9 March 2015) was a French sailor. In 1990, she became the first woman to win the Route du Rhum. She died in a helicopter crash in the Argentine province of La Rioja while she was participating in the filming of the reality TV show, Dropped, along with other French athletes. Florence Arthaud was the daughter of Jacques Arthaud, director of the Grenoble publishing house, Arthaud, during the 1970s, which published the memoirs of sailors Bernard Moitessier and...