Bouwmeester most decorated female Olympic sailor

Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands has become the most decorated female Olympic sailor by claiming dinghy gold.

Bouwmeester, 36, has overtaken Britain’s Hannah Mills, who won three Olympic medals – two gold and one silver – across three Games between 2012 and 2020.

Denmark’s Anne-Marie Rindom won silver in Marseille with Norway’s Line Flem Hoest taking bronze.

“It’s nice to finally finish it off – it hasn’t sunk in yet,” Bouwmeester said.

“I have so much respect for Line and Anne-Marie, we push each other all the way.”

Bouwmeester won silver at London 2012, gold at Rio 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020.

In the men’s dinghy event, Australia’s Matt Wearn made it back-to-back gold medals following his success in Tokyo.

Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus picked up his second silver at his fifth Games, and bronze was claimed by Peru’s Stefano Peschiera, despite collecting several penalties in the final.

Team GB’s Michael Beckett, appearing at his first Olympics, finished 10th.