Evi Van Acker
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 September 1985 Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evi Van Acker (born 23 September 1985) is a Belgian professional sailor. She has a Bachelor in Chemistry and is currently[when?] studying for a Master in bio-engineering.[citation needed]
Career
Van Acker started sailing at age 7 in an
2011 World Championship
.
She went on to compete in the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition finishing 8th in the Women's Singlehanded Class the Laser Radial.
On 6 August 2012 she won the bronze medal in the
She was shortlisted in 2007 by the
ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards
.
References
- ^ Rob Hodgetts (6 August 2012). "Olympics sailing: China's Xu Lijia pips Marit Bouwmeester to gold". BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
External links
- Evi Van Acker at World Sailing
- Evi Van Acker at Olympics.com
- Evi Van Acker at Olympedia
- Official website
- ISAF World Sailor Microsite at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 October 2016)
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