Lisa Westerhof

Lisa Laetitia Westerhof (born 2 November 1981, in De Bilt) is a sailor from the Netherlands.^[1][2][3] Westerhof represented her country at the Optimist World Championship in 1995 and 1996, becoming only the second girl to win the championship outright.

Lisa Westerhof

Westerhof at Holland Heineken House 2012
Personal information
Full name	Lisa Laetitia Westerhof
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1981-11-02) 2 November 1981 (age 43) De Bilt, Netherlands
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sailing career
Class	470 female
Medal record Sailing Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 2012 Weymouth Women's 470 470 World Championships 2009 Copenhagen Women's 470 2010 The Hague Women's 470 2002 Cagliari Women's 470 2012 Barcelona Women's 470 Optimist World Championship 1996 Langebaan Optimist
Updated on 13 February 2014

She sailed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. With crew Margriet Matthijsse took Westerhof ninth place as helmsman in the Dutch Women's 470.^[4][5][6] Westerhof's second Olympic appearance was during the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth again as helmsman in the Women's 470.^[7][8][9] Now with Lobke Berkhout as crew Westerhof won the bronze medal.

Professional life

Westerhof lives in Scheveningen, studied economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and is a First Officer on the Boeing 737 for Air France KLM.^[10]