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Sailing

By belenavanz
  • 3500 BCE

    Egyptians, Phoenicians and Babylonians

  • Period: 3500 BCE to

    Sailing history

  • 1519

    first person to sail around the world

    Fernão de Magalhães

  • most famous sailing competition

  • most successful sailing nation

    Team GB have collected 31 golds and 63 medals in total since the sport was first introduced into Olympic competition back at Paris 1900.

  • woman sailed around the world on her own

  • sailing race around the world

  • first man to sail around the world without stopping

  • What year was sailing popular

  • 1900. considered a Olympic sport

    Sailing was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games

  • when was the first edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships

  • when was the last sailing competition