The women

49er FX 49er or Forty-niner most often refers to: *A miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush#Forty-niners, California Gold Rush *San Francisco 49ers, an American football team 49er or Forty-niner may also refer to: Spor ...

was a sailing event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

and took place between 27 July and 3 August. The defending champions, Martine Grael and

Kahena Kunze Kahena Kunze (born 12 March 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Martine Grael she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the Sailing a ...

from

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, won the event. Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke from

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were the second, and Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz from the

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won the bronze medal. For Lutz, Beucke, Bekkring, and Duetz this was the first Olympic medal. The medal race was originally scheduled for 2 August, but had to be postponed due to the lack of wind. Before the medal race, which costs twice as many points as every other race, Grael and Kunze were tied with Bekkering and Duetz for the first place, and Lutz and Beucke were in the third position. The medal race was won by Argentinians Victoria Travascio and María Sol Branz, which did not help them to move to a medal position. However, Duetz and Bekkering, who only managed to finish ninth out of ten competitors, moved to the third place, while Lutz and Beuke, who finished fifth, received the silver medal. The medals were presented by IOC Member for Spain, Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch Jnr. (son of former Olympic President

Juan Antonio Samaranch Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch ( Catalan: ''Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló'', ; 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh ...

) and World Sailing President Li Quanhai.

Schedule

Results

References

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