Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

) 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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. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch with

Alexandra Verbeek Alexandra Louise Verbeek (born 4 June 1973, in Amstelveen) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah. Verbeek took the 13th place as crew in the Women's 470 together with helmsman Caro ...

as crew took the 13th place in the Women's 470. In the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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

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. However this time she sailed for

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. As helmsman, with crew

Sébastien Godefroid Sébastien (Sebbe) Godefroid (born 19 March 1971) is a Belgian sailor. He won a silver medal in sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, but has not won another medal. He place ...

she took 12th place. She received the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award in 1998 and 2018. Brouwer was crewmember in three Volvo Ocean Races: * '' Amer Sports Too'' in 2001–02 (8th edition) * ''

Team SCA ''Team SCA'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished sixth in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Samantha Davies. Following the race, the boat was refitted for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race but did not compete. The boat was renamed ...

'' in 2014–15 (12th edition) * '' Dongfeng Race Team'' 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