Annemieke Bes
Dutch sailor (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Annemieke Marileen Bes (born 16 March 1978, in Groningen) is a sailor from the Netherlands,[1][2] who represented her country for the first time at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The Dutch Yngling helmed by Annelies Thies and crewed by Bes and Petronella de Jong took the 4th place.[3][4][5] Bes returned to the Olympics, again in the Dutch Yngling,[6][7] during the 2008 Olympics this time with fellow crewmember Merel Witteveen and helmsman Mandy Mulder. The Dutch Yngling team took the Silver Medal[8] in Qingdao. Bes than switched to the Elliott 6m Match racing. During the 2012 Olympics the team with helmsman Renee Groeneveld and crewmembers Bes and Marcelien Bos-de Koning[9][10] took 8th place[11] in Weymouth.
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Full name | Annemieke Marileen Bes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1978-03-16) 16 March 1978 (age 46) Groningen | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5.8 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | Europe Laser Radial Yngling Elliott 6m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Vereniging Watersport De Twee Provinciën | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 13 February 2014 |