Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in

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) is a

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from the

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, who represented this country for the first time at the

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in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch with Alexandra Verbeek as crew took the 13th place in the Women's 470. In the 2004 Olympics Brouwer returned to the Olympics in

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and took 19th place. Brouwer than switched to the

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and qualified for the 2008 Olympics. However this time she sailed for

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. As helmsman, with crew Sébastien Godefroid she took 12th place. She received the

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World Sailor of the Year Award in 1998 and 2018. Brouwer was crewmember in three

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s: * ''

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'' in 2001–02 (8th edition) * '' Team SCA'' in 2014–15 (12th edition) * ''

Dongfeng Race Team ''Dongfeng Race Team'' was a Chinese sponsored Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished third in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Charles Caudrelier and then went on to win the 2017-2018 edition, which started in Alicante, Spain, and ended i ...

'' in 2017–18 (13th edition) Brouwer is owner of ''2B Sailing (2010–Present).

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* * * 1973 births Living people Dutch female sailors (sport) Belgian female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Olympic sailors of Belgium Sportspeople from Leiden ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Europe class world champions World champions in sailing for the Netherlands {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub