| JUAN KOUYOUMDIJAN |
Year of Birth:1971
Nationality:Argentinean
Role: Principal Designer
Better known as Juan K, the Argentinean designer has been a sailor all his life; he grew up on the optimist circuit and then experienced success at various higher levels including Commodores Cup, One Ton Cup and the Star Class. At the age of 22 he graduated from Southampton with a degree in yacht and small craft design and his career as a designer has grown ever since.
In 1997 he setup his own company, Juan Yacht Design, which are based in Valencia and has taken on a huge array of projects from one off 115” maxi’s to the Admiral’s Cup to TP52’s. To date his greatest accolade is the design and production of the two ABN Amro boats for the 2006 Volvo Ocean Race where the number one boat stole the show winning six out of the nine offshore legs.
For someone so young he also has a vast amount of America’s Cup experience, teaming up with the French ‘Le Defi’ immediately after leaving university and helping them achieve results that exceeded all expectations. For the 2003 Cup he joined the Italian outfit Prada, before moving on to BMW Oracle most recently as principal designer.
Past America’s Cup Experience
2007 BMW Oracle Designer
2003 Prada Designer
2000 Le Defi Designer
1995 Le Defi Designer
Why you joined TEAMORIGIN:
“Having spent a lot of time in Britain in my life, I know how strong the passion for sailing is over here. The opportunity to team up with what I believe to be one of the strongest sailing nations and under the superb guidance of Sir Keith Mills and Mike Sanderson was too good to turn down and I only hope I can repay their faith in me.”
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