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Emma Plasschaert
Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	1 November 1993 (age 30); Ostend, Belgium
Sailing career
Class	ILCA 6
Medal record
Representing Belgium
World Championships

Emma Plasschaert (born 1 November 1993) is a Belgian sailor. She is a two-time World Champion in the Laser Radial class (2018 and 2021). She ended fourth in that class at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Career edit

Plasschaert is born in Ostend, the largest city at the Belgian coast. She started her career in the small Optimist class, and after five years switched to the Europe class. She then switched to the Laser Radial class in 2010, and became part of the team around Evi Van Acker, who would win the bronze medal the 2012 Olympics. Plasschaert got her first top ten finishes at the World Championships in 2013 and 2014.

In August 2018 she became world champion in the Laser Radial class, beating 2016 Olympic gold medalist Marit Bouwmeester.^[3] Three years later she won a second world title. In 2023 she married Australian sailer Matthew Wearn.

Awards edit

2011: Young Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing^[4]
2013: Female Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing
2018: Female Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing
2019: Female Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing

References edit

^ "Emma Plasschaert". Team Belgium (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Sailing: PLASSCHAERT Emma". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ "Emma Plasschaert verovert goud op WK zeilen". De Morgen (in Dutch). 10 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Hall of Fame Sailing Awards". Belgian Sailing. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.