Marit Bouwmeester

Marit Bouwmeester
Bouwmeester in 2016
Personal information
Full nameMarit Bouwmeester
Born (1988-06-17) 17 June 1988
Warten, Netherlands
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sailing career
ClassLaser Radial
Competition record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Laser Radial
2024 Paris Laser Radial
2012 London Laser Radial
2020 Tokyo Laser Radial
World Championships
2011 Perth Laser Radial
2014 Santander Laser Radial
2017 Medemblik Laser Radial
2020 Sandringham Laser Radial
2010 Largs Laser Radial
2015 Al Mussanah Laser Radial
2018 Aarhus Laser Radial
2019 Sakaiminato Laser Radial
Star Sailors League
Skipper
rank 		Highest:
2 		1 March 2022:
16
Updated on 27 August 2017

Marit Bouwmeester (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrɪd ˈbʌuˌmeːstər]; born 17 June 1988) is a sailor from the Netherlands.[1][2]

Bouwmeester won the gold medal in the Laser Radial class in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and again in the Laser Radial class at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, and the silver medal[3][4][5][6] at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Weymouth. In 2017, she won the World Sailor of the Year Award. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in Laser Radial and winning the bronze medal.[7]

Her two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal make her the most successful female sailor at the Summer Olympics.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marit Bouwmeester". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Marit Bouwmeester". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ Rob Hodgetts (6 August 2012). "Olympics sailing: China's Xu Lijia pips Marit Bouwmeester to gold". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Nederlandse deelnemers Londen 2012". Zeilen.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Deelnemers uit Nederland". Zoekenvindalles.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. ^ "World Sailing: London 2012 Results centre". World Sailing. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Sailing: BOUWMEESTER Marit". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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