Carolijn Brouwer

Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer
Born	25 July 1973 Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality	Belgian and Dutch
Occupation	Professional Sailor

Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer is a professional sailor

She won the International Sailing Federation highest award in 1998 the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.

She originally competed for the Netherlands and showed potential from an early age winning the 1991 ISAF Youth World Championships and then competed in two Olympics for the Netherlands. However she competed for the Dutch in the 2008 Olympics after her quest for speed led her into the open Olympic multihul class the Tornado where she was one of very few female competitors.

Career Highlights

1991 - 1st - Laser Radial - IYRU Youth Sailing World Championships, Largs, Scotland, GBR
1991 - 2nd - Women's Laser Radial World Championship
1993 - 1st - Women's Laser Radial World Championship
1996 - 1st - Women's Europe World Championships
1998 - 1st - Women's Europe World Championships
1998 - Winner of the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards
2000 - 13th - Women's Two Person Dinghy the 470 at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Sailing Competition
2004 - 19th - Women's One Person Dinghy Europe at the 2004 Athens Olympic Sailing Competition
2007 - 2nd - Open Two Person Multihull the Tornado at the ISAF Sailing World Championships, Cascais
2005 - 12th - Open Two Person Multihull the Tornado at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Sailing Competition

External links

ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)

1994: Zabell \| 1995: Autissier \| 1996: Lee Lai Shan \| 1997: Taran/Pakholchyk \| 1998: Brouwer \| 1999: Matthijsse \| 2000: Robertson \| 2001: MacArthur \| 2002: Bekatorou/Tsoulfa \| 2003: Sundby \| 2004: Bekatorou/Tsoulfa \| 2005: MacArthur \| 2006: Railey \| 2007: Leroy \| 2008: Sensini \| 2009: Tunnicliffe \| 2010: Manchón \| 2011: Tunnicliffe

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Name	Brouwer, Carolijn
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Date of birth	25 July 1973
Place of birth	NED
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