Lisa Westerhof
Dutch sailor (born 1981)
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Lisa Laetitia Westerhof (born 2 November 1981, in De Bilt) is a sailor from the Netherlands.[1][2][3] Westerhof represented her country at the Optimist World Championship in 1995 and 1996, becoming only the second girl to win the championship outright.
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| Full name | Lisa Laetitia Westerhof | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 November 1981 De Bilt, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | 470 female | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She sailed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. With crew Margriet Matthijsse took Westerhof ninth place as helmsman in the Dutch Women's 470.[4][5][6] Westerhof's second Olympic appearance was during the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth again as helmsman in the Women's 470.[7][8][9] Now with Lobke Berkhout as crew Westerhof won the bronze medal.
Professional life
Westerhof lives in Scheveningen, studied economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and is a First Officer on the Boeing 737 for Air France KLM.[10]
