Marit Bouwmeester (; born 17 June 1988
Wartena
Warten ( nl, Wartena) is a village in the municipality of Leeuwarden in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 915 in January 2017.
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) is a
sailor
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from the
Netherlands
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Bouwmeester won the gold medal in the
Laser Radial class in the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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, 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
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2021, competing in
Laser Radial.
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Dutch female sailors (sport)
Living people
1988 births
People from Boarnsterhim
Sportspeople from Friesland
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Olympic sailors of the Netherlands
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in sailing
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
21st-century Dutch women
20th-century Dutch women
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