Marit Bouwmeester

Marit Bouwmeester
Personal information
Full nameMarit Bouwmeester
Born (1988-06-17) 17 June 1988 (age 36)
Warten, Netherlands
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sailing career
ClassLaser Radial
Competition record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Laser Radial
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Laser Radial
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Laser Radial
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Laser Radial
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Perth Laser Radial
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santander Laser Radial
Gold medal – first place 2017 Medemblik Laser Radial
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sandringham Laser Radial
Silver medal – second place 2010 Largs Laser Radial
Silver medal – second place 2015 Al Mussanah Laser Radial
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aarhus Laser Radial
Silver medal – second place 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.[7]

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

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