Isaura Maenhaut

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Isaura Maenhaut van Lemberge (24 December 1998) is a Belgian sailor. She will compete in the 49 FX class at the 2020 Summer Olympics together with Anouk Geurts.[1]

Career[]

Maenhaut started her career in the small Optimist class, and competed in the European and World championships for this youth category. She then progressed to the one person Laser 4.7 class, where she became Belgian champion. At the 2015 Youth World Championships in Medemblik, she won the bronze medal. In the next category, the Laser Radial, she again became Belgian champion.[2]

Her first two-person competitions were with the Nacra 15 boat, which she sailed together with . Together they won the bronze medal at the 2016 Youth World Championships in Auckland. After a year in the Nacra 17 she then switched to the 49 FX.[2]

Maenhaut and Geurts 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]

Maenhaut lives in Merelbeke and studies nautical sciences.[2]

Awards[]

  • 2015: Young Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing
  • 2019: Sailing Team of the Year award from Belgian Sailing[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Isaura Maenhaut van Lemberge". Team Belgium (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Olympic Team 49erFX". Wind- en Watersport Vlaanderen. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Zeilsters Isaura Maenhaut en Anouk Geurts vlammen naar Tokio 2021". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Hall of Fame Sailing Awards". Belgian Sailing. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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