Min Dezillie (born 15 May 1973) is a Belgian former sailor, who specialized in the

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class. She represented her nation

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in three editions of the Olympic Games (1992, 2000, and 2004) and came closest to the medal haul on her second Olympic stint in Sydney, finishing sixth overall. Dezillie made her Olympic debut, as a nineteen-year-old, in

Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, finishing a credible eighteenth in the inaugural

class with a satisfying net grade of 115. Despite her absence from the

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, Dezillie successfully came back on the startline in

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for her second Olympic appearance, sailing in the

class. There, she had a solid feat to climb extensively in sixth position with a net score of 68, but missed the podium by nearly a twenty-point deficit. Twelve years after competing in her first Games, Dezillie qualified for her third Belgian team, as a 31-year-old, in the

class at the

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, by placing among the top 40 and receiving a berth from the 2003 ISAF World Championships in Cadiz,

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. Dezillie got off to a fantastic start of the series with a substantial lead over the rest of the fleet, but a yachting malfunction in the midway and a disastrous feat on the last few races slipped her out of medal contention to fifteenth overall with a net grade of 133.

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* * * 1973 births Living people Belgian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Belgium Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe People from Duffel Sportspeople from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub