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 JaneiroLaser Radial
2024 ParisLaser Radial
2012 LondonLaser Radial
2020 TokyoLaser Radial
World Championships
2011 PerthLaser Radial
2014 SantanderLaser Radial
2017 MedemblikLaser Radial
2020 SandringhamLaser Radial
2010 LargsLaser Radial
2015 Al MussanahLaser Radial
2018 AarhusLaser Radial
2019 SakaiminatoLaser 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.

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 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.

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