Evi Van Acker (born 23 September 1985) is a Belgian professional sailor. She has a Bachelor in Chemistry and is currently studying for a Master in bio-engineering.

Career

Van Acker started sailing at age 7 in an Optimist dinghy and soon started on the youth program of the Royal Belgian Sailing Club. In 1998 she became European champion in the Optimist cl*. In 2000, she transferred to the Europe cl* and placed 17th in the 2003 World Championship. Having transferred to the Laser Radial, she became European champion in 2006, 2007 and 2011 and became second in the 2011 World Championship.

She went on to compete in the 2008 Olympic Sailing Compe*ion finishing 8th in the Women's Singlehanded Cl* the Laser Radial.

On 6 August 2012 she won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Sailing Compe*ion in the Laser Radial cl*, behind Xu Lijia of China and Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands.

She was shortlisted in 2007 by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.

References

External links

• Evi Van Acker at World Sailing
• Official Website
• ISAF World Sailor Microsite Archived 2016-10-14 at the Wayback Machine