Alex Pella

Alex Pella
Alex Pella
Personal information
NicknameThe Spanish Devil
NationalitySpanish
Born (1972-11-02) 2 November 1972
Barcelona
Websitealexpella.es
Sport
Country Spain
SportSailing
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, aboard the sophisticated maxi-multihull IDEC 3. They circumnavigated the planet in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.

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