Björn Dunkerbeck

Björn Dunkerbeck (born 16 July 1969) is a professional windsurfer who has won Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Overall World Championships a record twelve times. [citebook|title=Chicken Soup from the Soul of Hawaii: Stories of Aloha to Create Paradise Wherever you are. |author= Jack L. Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Sharon Linnea|year=2003|publisher=HCIInspirational|id=ISBN 0757300618|url= http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0757300618&id=_kcPPeTbFcQC&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&ots=FmMmxBwAhC&dq=%22Bjorn+Dunkerbeck%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=tFOQeTVPWcMzJcKb9jMNskTNRBg] [citenews|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/sailing/03/14/speed/ |title=Windsurfer aims for speed record|work=CNN International |date=March 14, 2003] Dunkerbeck is the son of a Dutch father and a Danish mother, but sailed under the number E-11, as he was from the extremely windy Spanish territory of the Canary Islands. He dominated the late 1980s and the entire 1990s professional scene, especially in racing, but was also a champion in wavesailing. [citeweb|url=http://www.noticias.info/Archivo/2005/200511/20051118/20051118_119572.shtm |title= The World Champion of World Champions|work=noticias.info|date= November 18, 2005] He currently sails under the Swiss flag (SUI-11).

PWA titles

* Overall World Champion (1988-1999)
* Race World Champion (1988-1999)
* Wave World Champion (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001)
* Freestyle World Champion (1998)
* Speed World Champion (1994)

ee also

* Robby Naish
* Sean O'Brien

References

External links

* [http://www.dunkerbeck.com Dunkerbeck's official site]
* [http://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=7&tx_pwasailor_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=13&cHash=561ef0c752 PWA profile]
* [http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEID=2&Nid=27715&SRCID=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickerCID=0 Sail World article]