Acting
Isabelle Autissier
- Born
- Oct 18, 1956 · Age 70
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 2
- TV credits
- 2
Biography
Isabelle Autissier (born 18 October 1956) is a French sailor, navigator, writer, and broadcaster. She is celebrated for being the first woman to have completed a solo world navigation in competition (BOC Challenge 1990–91). Based in La Rochelle since 1980, she is also a writer and honorary president of WWF-France. Isabelle Autissier was born in the 12th arrondissement of Paris and later moved to the suburb of Saint-Maur-les-Fossés. She discovered sailing in Brittany from the age of six when her father, architect Jean Autissier, taught her and her sisters how to sail. She later graduated…
