Anouk Geurts

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]

Geurts and Maenhaut have sailed together since 2018. They finished 31st at the 2020 World Championships. They secured their Olympic ticket at the 2021 Lanzarote sailing competition.[3]

Geurts lives in Schoten and studies psychology.[2]

Awards
  • 2016: Young Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing
  • 2019: Sailing Team of the Year award from Belgian Sailing[4]

Notes
  1. "Anouk Geurts". Team Belgium (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. "Olympic Team 49erFX". Wind- en Watersport Vlaanderen. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. "Zeilsters Isaura Maenhaut en Anouk Geurts vlammen naar Tokio 2021". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. "Hall of Fame Sailing Awards". Belgian Sailing. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.


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