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Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Azhar Mansor
DPPJ
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Azhar Mansor DPPJ
	Mansor sailing his yacht Jalur Gemilang in 1999
Born	February 11, 1958 (age 66); Perlis, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysian
Occupation	Sailor
Years active	1998 - Present
Known for	The first Malaysian to complete a solo circumnavigation of the globe on sailing yacht Jalur Gemilang.
Awards	Performance Certificate from WSSR (World Speed Sailing Record Council) for Round the World, assisted, (stops,) eastabout, single-handed.

Datuk Azhar Mansor is the first Malaysian to sail solo around the world.^[2] He made his trip in 1999, sailing the ship Jalur Gemilang. His round the world trip, with stops, took 190 days, 6 hours 57 minutes and 2 seconds^[1]

Honour

Perlis:
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail (DPPJ) – Dato' (1999)^[3]

Successes

Datuk Azhar has managed to set a new world record via an East about route, attempted by no-one and has been verified by the WSSRC (World Speed Sailing Record Council) as an official record.^[1]

Azhar is currently based in Langkawi managing Telaga Harbour Park, one of Malaysia's finest marinas.

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Performance certificates". World Sailing Speed Record Council. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ Azhar gets a hero's welcome Archived June 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Mariner Azhar receives Perlis royal award". New Straits Times. 28 October 1999. p. 8.

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[WSSRC-1] "Performance certificates". World Sailing Speed Record Council. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[2] Azhar gets a hero's welcome Archived June 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Mariner Azhar receives Perlis royal award". New Straits Times. 28 October 1999. p. 8.

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