Marit Bouwmeester

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

Marit Bouwmeester

Bouwmeester in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Marit Bouwmeester
Born	(1988-06-17) 17 June 1988 (age 37) Warten, Netherlands
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sailing career
Class	Laser 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

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.