Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in

Leiden Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe ...

) is a

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from the

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, who represented her country for the first time at the

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. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch boat with

Alexandra Verbeek Alexandra Louise Verbeek (born 4 June 1973, in Amstelveen) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) bi ...

as crew took the 13th place in the Women's 470. In the

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, Brouwer returned to the Olympics in

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and took 19th place. Brouwer than switched to the

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and qualified for the

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. However this time she sailed for

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. As helmsman, with crew Sébastien Godefroid she took 12th place. She received the

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World Sailor of the Year Award in 1998 and 2018. Brouwer was crewmember in three

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s: * '' Amer Sports Too'' in 2001–02 (8th edition) * '' Team SCA'' in 2014–15 (12th edition) * '' Dongfeng Race Team'' in 2017–18 (13th edition) Brouwer is owner of ''2B Sailing (2010–present).

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* * * 1973 births Living people Dutch female sailors (sport) Belgian female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Olympic sailors for Belgium Sportspeople from Leiden Sailors (sport) from South Holland ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Europe class world champions World champions in sailing for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch sportswomen 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub