# Emma Plasschaert > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emma_Plasschaert > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emma_Plasschaert.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Plasschaert > Source revision: 1335348176 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Belgian sailor (born 1993) Emma Plasschaert Personal information Nationality Belgian Born (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 32) Ostend, Belgium Sailing career Sport Sailing Class ILCA 6 **Emma Plasschaert** (born 1 November 1993) is a [Belgian](/source/Belgium) sailor. She is a two-time World Champion in the [Laser Radial](/source/Laser_Radial) class (2018 and 2021). She ended fourth in that class at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/Sailing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics).[1][2] ## Career Plasschaert is born in [Ostend](/source/Ostend), the largest city at the Belgian coast. She started her career in the small [Optimist](/source/Optimist_(dinghy)) class, and after five years switched to the [Europe](/source/Europe_(dinghy)) class. She then switched to the Laser Radial class in 2010, and became part of the team around [Evi Van Acker](/source/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](/source/2018_Sailing_World_Championships) in the [Laser Radial](/source/Laser_Radial) class, beating 2016 Olympic gold medalist [Marit Bouwmeester](/source/Marit_Bouwmeester).[3] Three years later she won a second world title. In 2023 she married Australian sailer [Matthew Wearn](/source/Matthew_Wearn). ## Awards - 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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Team_1-0)** ["Emma Plasschaert"](https://teambelgium.be/nl/atleet/Emma-Plasschaert-995). *Team Belgium* (in Dutch). [Belgian Olympic Committee](/source/Belgian_Olympic_Committee). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210607132933/https://teambelgium.be/nl/atleet/Emma-Plasschaert-995) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Sailing: PLASSCHAERT Emma"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210727211714/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1393648-plasschaert-emma.htm). *Tokyo 2020 Olympics*. [Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games). Archived from [the original](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1393648-plasschaert-emma.htm) on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Morgen_3-0)** ["Emma Plasschaert verovert goud op WK zeilen"](https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/emma-plasschaert-verovert-goud-op-wk-zeilen~bae6652e/). *De Morgen* (in Dutch). 10 August 2018. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210607132930/https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/emma-plasschaert-verovert-goud-op-wk-zeilen~bae6652e/) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hall of Fame Sailing Awards"](https://belgiansailing.be/hall-of-fame/). *Belgian Sailing*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210615102930/https://belgiansailing.be/hall-of-fame/) from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021. ## External links - [Official website](https://emmaplasschaert.be/) - [Emma Plasschaert](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/emma-plasschaert?ref=BELPE1) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=BELPE1)) - [Emma Plasschaert](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/emma-plasschaert) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Emma Plasschaert](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/140980) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Emma Plasschaert](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/5000000418) at InterSportStats - [Emma Plasschaert](https://teambelgium.be/nl/atleet/Emma-Plasschaert-995) at [Team Belgium](/source/Team_Belgium) (in Dutch and French) v t e World champions in women's Laser Radial 1980: Marit Söderström 1982: Marion Steenhuis 1983: Betsy Gelenitis 1985: Marit Söderström 1988: Jacqueline Ellis 1989: Ardis Bollweg 1990: Ardis Bollweg 1991: Maria Vlachou 1993: Carolijn Brouwer 1994: Melanie Dennison 1995: Heidi Gordon 1996: Jacqueline Ellis 1997: Sarah Blanck 1998: Larissa Nevierov 1999: Kelly Hand 2000: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2001: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2002: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2003: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2004: Krystal Weir 2005: Paige Railey 2006: Xu Lijia 2007: Tatiana Drozdovskaya 2008: Sarah Steyaert 2009: Sari Multala 2010: Sari Multala 2011: Marit Bouwmeester 2012: Gintarė Scheidt 2013: Tina Mihelić 2014: Marit Bouwmeester 2015: Anne-Marie Rindom 2016: Alison Young 2017: Marit Bouwmeester 2018: Emma Plasschaert 2019: Anne-Marie Rindom 2020: Marit Bouwmeester 2021: Emma Plasschaert 2022: Anne-Marie Rindom 2023: Mária Érdi 2024: Anne-Marie Rindom This biographical article related to sailing in Belgium is a stub. 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