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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1989 Enkhuizen, Netherlands [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Laser, Finn, 49er, 470, 420 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicholas Heiner (born 20 April 1989 in Enkhuizen) is a sailor from the Netherlands. [2]
He is the 2014 World Champion in Laser. [3]
He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 4th in the Finn event. [1]
William Ryan is an Australian sailor and an Olympic champion and five time World champion in the men's 470 event with Mathew Belcher.
Marit Bouwmeester is a sailor from the Netherlands.
Juan Ignacio Maegli Agüero is a Guatemalan sailor who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Laser class event where he finished 33rd and 9th respectively. He was the flag bearer for Guatemala during the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.
Elena Aleksandrovna Vorobeva née Oblova is a Croatian sailor.
Alison Young is a British sailor. She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th.
Tatiana Drozdovskaya is a Belarusian sailor. She has competed in six editions of the Olympic Games.
Josefin Anna Louise Olsson is a Swedish sports sailor.
Sailing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 25 July to 4 August 2021 at the Enoshima Yacht Harbor in Enoshima. The venue was also used for the 1964 Olympic Games although significantly regenerated, the IOC now encouraging regeneration, cost reductions and sustainability. The RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, 470, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra17 are all returning for 2020; there are no significant changes to the Olympic programme from 2016.
Tuula Tenkanen is a Finnish sailor, who specialized in one-person dinghy class. She represented her nation Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Dolores "Lola" Moreira Fraschini is a Uruguayan sailor who races the Laser Radial. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, in Laser Radial.
Charlotte Fletcher-Scott is a British sailor who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics.
This article details the qualifying phase for sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. 350 quota places for the Games are entitled to the sailors coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated regattas supervised by World Sailing. Host nation Japan has been guaranteed one quota place in each of the ten classes.
Finland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finnish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's official debut in 1908.
The Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Ecem Güzel is a Turkish sailor who specializes in the Laser Radial class. She is a member of the Galatasaray Sailing team. Güzel competed at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games for Turkey.
Emma Plasschaert is a Belgian sailor. She is a two-time World Champion in the Laser Radial class. She ended fourth in that class at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Maud Jayet is a Swiss competitive sailor.
Matthew "Matt" Wearn is an Australian competitive sailor, Olympic champion and multiple times medalist at world championships.
Elliot James Hanson is a British professional sailor and Olympian.
Eroni Leilua is a Samoan sailor. He competed in the Laser event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Samoan to represent the country in that event.
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