Youssef Akrout

Youssef Akrout (born 15 November 1990) is a Tunisian sailor in the Laser and Laser Radial classes and sailing coach.

Youssef Akrout

Personal information
Born	(1990-11-15) 15 November 1990 (age 34) Tunis, Tunisia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Laser, Laser Radial
Club	Sport Nautique Bizertin
Medal record Men's sailing Representing Tunisia All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo Laser Radial Pan Arab Games 2011 Doha Laser Radial

Biography

Akrout was born in Tunis and represented Sport Nautique Bizertin.^[1] After winning the Laser event at the 2011 All-Africa Games, Akrout was the only Tunisian sailing competitor at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2][3] He competed at the 2012 in the men's Laser class.^[4] Akrout finished 45th.^[1]

He gained a place for Tunisia in the men's Laser event at the 2016 Olympics through his performance at the 2014 World Championship.^[5] He also won the 2015 African Laser and Laser Radial Championships.^[6] In the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 34th in the Laser event.^[7]

In 2016, he sailed his Laser dinghy from Haouaria in Tunisia to Mazara del Vallo on Sicily in 17 hours and 34 minutes.^[8][9] Akrout then took on a coaching career, first in Stavanger Seilforening of Norway, then in Chicago, before he became head coach of Stavanger Seilforening.^[10]