Anouk Geurts (3 April 2000) is a Belgian sailor. She has competed in the 49 FX class at the

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together with Isaura Maenhaut.

Career

Geurts started her career in the small Optimist class at the age of 10. She then progressed to the Laser 4.7 class, where she became Belgian and European champion in 2016. Having been on different

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crews as part of a project in the run-up for the

, Geurts and Maenhaut were finally put together in 2018 in the 49er FX class after the Nacra 17 project was stopped because of several injuries. They finished 31st at the 2020

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and secured their Olympic ticket for Tokyo at the 2021 Lanzarote sailing competition. They finished 14th in Tokyo. By finishing 4th at the 2023

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, The Netherlands, they secured their Olympic ticket for the

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, France. Geurts and Maenhaut won the 49er FX European Championships in 2024 in

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, France.

Personal life

Geurts lives in

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and studies psychology.

Awards

*2016: Young Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing *2019: Sailing Team of the Year award from Belgian Sailing

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* * * * 2000 births Sportspeople from Ghent Living people Belgian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Belgium Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – 49er FX 21st-century Belgian sportswomen {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub