Mandy Mulder (born 3 August 1987 in

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) is a

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from the

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. Mulder represented her country at the

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. With fellow crew members

Annemieke Bes Annemieke Marileen Bes (born 16 March 1978, in Groningen) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country for the first time at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The Dutch Yngling helmed by Annelies Thies and crewed by Bes and Pe ...

and

Merel Witteveen Merel Witteveen (born 12 May 1985, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Witteveen represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao. With fellow crew member Annemieke Bes and Mandy Mulder as helmsman, Witteveen took Silver me ...

, Mulder as helmsman took Silver medal in the

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Sailing career

Mulder started sailing in 1995 and competes in international level since 2001. At the European Championship, Optimist, in

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she finished on a 10th position. She took part in the 2002

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World Junior Championship where she won the bronze medal. She won silver at the European Junior Championship

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in Breitenbrunn. In

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during the World Junior Championship in Laser Radial she finished in 13th position. From 2003 till 2004 Mulder was part of a 470 Female team. In Balatón Mulder finished 7th in the 2003 European Junior Championship and at the World Championship at

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Mulder finished 9th. Mulder's took another silver at the 2004 Open Dutch Championships. As of 2005 she sails in the

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and was part of the Dutch national team selection straight away. At the 2005 World Championship in Mondsee Mulder and her team finished 21st. She won bronze medals at the Open Dutch Championships as well as at the Princess Sofia Trophy in

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. After a 12th position at the World Championships in

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a third in the Holland Regatta in

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and a second at the European Championship in Medemblik Mulder finished first position at the Qingdao 2006 International Regatta. In 2007 a team was formed of nine sailors, (among them were Mulder,

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and Brechtje van der Werf), that aimed and qualify for the Olympics in the

. In July 2008 Dutch national coach Maurice Paardekooper selected Witteveen, Mulder and Bes as the trio that would sail the Dutch Yngling team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The selected team became fourth at the World Championship in

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. Furthermore they became second in

at the Pre-Olympics, fourth at the European Championship in

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in 2007. In 2008 there was a third place in the Olympic Class Regatta of

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And a third place at the Europeans.

References

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Sailing career

Further reading

2008 Olympics (Qingdao)

References