Personal information | |
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Full name | Maia Kristiane Agerup |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Born | Oslo, Norway | 22 June 1995
Sailing career | |
Club | Royal Norwegian Yacht Club |
Coach | Krzysztof Kierkowski |
Achievements and titles | |
World finals | Best Female Team, 29er Worlds 2013 |
National finals | 2 x Norwegian Champion |
Maia Kristiane Agerup (born 22 June 1995) is a Norwegian Olympic sailor who represents the New York Yacht Club in New York, NY and Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo. [1]
Together with her twin sister Ragna Agerup she sailed the Olympic class boat 49er FX competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In June 2016 the team was ranked 15th on the ISAF World Ranking. Their best ranking position is 4th, from December 2012. After competing in the Olympics, Maia started her education at Boston University, where she graduated in 2020.
She has previously sailed the Optimist dinghy and 29er.
2010 - Silver. Norwegian Championship, Optimist
2010 - Gold. Norwegian Championship Teams Racing. (KNS - Ragna Agerup, Line Flem Høst, Sophie Tjøm)
2013 - Gold. Norwegian Championship, 29er
2013 - 12th place and winner of the Female Class. 29er World Championship. Aarhus, Denmark
2013 - 4th place. 29er EuroCup Overall (Best Female Team)
2014 - Gold. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Melbourne, Australia
2015 - 9th place. European Championship, 49er FX. Porto, Portugal
2015 - Bronze. U23 World Championship, 49er FX. Flensburg, Germany
2016 - 4th place. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Miami, USA
2016 - 5th place. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Weymouth, United Kingdom
2017 - Silver. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Miami, USA
2017 - Gold. Junior World Championship 49er FX. Kingston, Canada
2017 - 8th place. European Championship, 49er FX. Kiel, Germany
2018 - Silver. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Miami, USA
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