Facts: - honorific prefix: sir - known for: first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe - honorific suffix: cbe , rd and bar - birth name: william robert patrick knox-johnston - birth date: 17 march 1939 - name: robin knox-johnston - nationality: british - birth place: putney , london , england - occupation: sailor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robin knox-johnston .
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sir william robert patrick '' robin '' knox-johnston , cbe , rd and bar -lrb- born 17 march 1939 -rrb- is an english sailor .in 1969 he became the first man to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe and was the second winner of the jules verne trophy -lrb- together with sir peter blake -rrb- .for this he was awarded with blake the isaf yachtsman of the year award .in 2006 he became at 67 the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the velux 5 oceans race .