Anouk Geurts Explained

Anouk Geurts
Nationality:Belgian
Birth Date:3 April 2000
Birth Place:Ghent, Belgium
Classes:49er FX
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Anouk Geurts (3 April 2000) is a Belgian sailor. She has competed in the 49 FX class at the 2020 Summer Olympics together with Isaura Maenhaut.[1]

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.[2]

Having been on different Nacra 17 crews as part of a project in the run-up for the 2020 Summer Olympics, 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.[3] They finished 31st at the 2020 World Championships and secured their Olympic ticket for Tokyo at the 2021 Lanzarote sailing competition.[4] They finished 14th in Tokyo. By finishing 4th at the 2023 World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands, they secured their Olympic ticket for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[5]

Geurts and Maenhaut won the 49er FX European Championships in 2024 in La Grande-Motte, France.[6]

Personal life

Geurts lives in Schoten and studies psychology.[2]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anouk Geurts . Team Belgium . . 27 May 2021 . Dutch . 9 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211109064746/https://teambelgium.be/nl/atleet/Anouk-Geurts-329 . live .
  2. Web site: Olympic Team 49erFX . Wind- en Watersport Vlaanderen . 1 June 2021 . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506194309/https://topsport.wwsv.be/teams/team-49erfx/ . live .
  3. Web site: Beste vriendinnen per toeval aan elkaar gekoppeld in (zeil)jacht op olympisch succes: "Het plaatje klopt" . . 12 May 2023 . 6 March 2024. dutch .
  4. News: Zeilsters Isaura Maenhaut en Anouk Geurts vlammen naar Tokio 2021 . 27 May 2021 . . 26 March 2021 . Dutch . 27 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210527142102/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210326_98023311 . live .
  5. Web site: Emma Plasschaert wordt 2e in medal race en sluit WK zeilen af op 6e plaats . . 12 May 2023 . dutch .
  6. Web site: Championship glory for Belgium, Uruguay and Great Britain . www.49er.org . 12 May 2023 . 12 May 2023 . dutch .
  7. Web site: Hall of Fame Sailing Awards . Belgian Sailing . 27 May 2021 . 15 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210615102930/https://belgiansailing.be/hall-of-fame/ . live .

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