Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz
1936–2021 (age 85)
Biography
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (15 July 1936 – 13 June 2021) was a Polish naval engineer and sailor. She was the first woman to have sailed single-handed (i.e. solo) around the world, repeating the late nineteenth century accomplishment of Joshua Slocum. She sailed from the Canary Islands on 28 March 1976 and completed her solo circumnavigation near the Cape Verde Islands on 20 March 1978, having covered approximately 28,696 nautical miles (53,133 km) over the course of 723 days.