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Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch boat with Alexandra Verbeek as crew took the 13th place in the Women's 470. In the 2004 Olympics, Brouwer returned to the Olympics in Europe and took 19th place. Brouwer than switched to the Tornado and qualified for the 2008 Olympics. However this time she sailed for Belgium. As helmsman, with crew Sébastien Godefroid she took 12th place.
She received the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award in 1998 and 2018.
Brouwer was crewmember in three Volvo Ocean Races:
Amer Sports Too in 2001–02 (8th edition)
Team SCA in 2014–15 (12th edition)
Dongfeng Race Team in 2017–18 (13th edition)
Brouwer is owner of 2B Sailing (2010–present).
References
External links
Carolijn Brouwer at World Sailing
Carolijn Brouwer at Olympics.comCarolijn Brouwer at Olympic.org (archived)
Carolijn Brouwer at Olympedia (archive)