Zbigniew Gutkowski is a Polish professional offshore sailor born on 24 June 1973 in Gdansk.^[1][2]

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Zbigniew Gutkowski

Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1973-06-24) 24 June 1973 (age 50) Gdansk
Sailing career
Class	IMOCA 60
Club	Gdansk Shipyard Yacht Club

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From 2012,he is the skipper of the IMOCA Energa. On 21 November 2012, he announced that he was abandoning the Vendée Globe 2012-2013 due to electronic problems in his sailboat, preventing him from having an autopilot

2013

• 3rd Caribbean 600^[3]
• 7th Transat Jacques-Vabre 2013 with Maciej Marczewski

2012

• RET in the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe (Energa)

2010

• 2nd in the Velux 5 Oceans

2005

• 4th in the Nokia Oops Cup (ORMA 60 Bonduelle)

2004

• Attempted world record (Volvo Ocean 60 Bank BHP, ex-Assa Abloy), stop in Cape Town after hardware failure

2001

• 4th of The Race (watch leader on Warta-Polpharma)