Marit Bouwmeester

Marit Bouwmeester is a Dutch sailor who races in the Laser Radial class, born on 17 June 1988 in Wartena, Friesland. She won the Olympic silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Weymouth, the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and a second gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, all in the Laser Radial class, which gives her two gold medals, one silver and one bronze and makes her the most successful female sailor in the history of Olympic sailing. In 2017 she won the World Sailor of the Year Award.