Evi Van Acker (born 23 September 1985) is a Belgian professional sailor. She has a Bachelor in Chemistry and is currently studying for a Master in bio-engineering.

Career

Van Acker started sailing at age 7 in an

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and soon started on the youth program of the Royal Belgian Sailing Club. In 1998 she became European champion in the Optimist class. In 2000, she transferred to the Europe class and placed 17th in the 2003 World Championship. Having transferred to the Laser Radial, she became European champion in 2006, 2007 and 2011 and became second in the 2011 World Championship. She went on to compete in the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition finishing 8th in the Women's Singlehanded Class the Laser Radial. On 6 August 2012 she won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition in the Laser Radial class, behind Xu Lijia of China and

Marit Bouwmeester Marit Bouwmeester (; born 17 June 1988 Wartena) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Bouwmeester won the gold medal in the Laser Radial class in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in W ...

of the Netherlands. She was shortlisted in 2007 by the

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for the

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* * * * * 1985 births Living people Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial Olympic sailors of Belgium Belgian female sailors (sport) Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial 21st-century Belgian women {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub