Isaura Maenhaut

Maenhaut started her career in the small Optimist class, competing in European and World championships for this youth category. She then progressed to the Laser 4.7 class, where she became Belgian champion. At the 2015 Youth World Championships in Medemblik, she won the bronze medal. In the next category, the Laser Radial, she again became Belgian champion.{{cite web |title=Olympic Team 49erFX |url=https://topsport.wwsv.be/teams/team-49erfx/ |publisher=Wind- en Watersport Vlaanderen |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506194309/https://topsport.wwsv.be/teams/team-49erfx/ |url-status=live }}

Her first two-person competitions were with the Nacra 15 boat, which she sailed together with Henri Demesmaeker. Together they won the bronze medal at the 2016 Youth World Championships in Auckland. After a year in the Nacra 17 she then switched to the 49 FX.

Maenhaut and Geurts have sailed together since 2018. They finished 31st at the 2020 World Championships and secured their Olympic ticket at the 2021 Lanzarote sailing competition.{{cite news |title=Zeilsters Isaura Maenhaut en Anouk Geurts vlammen naar Tokio 2021 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210326_98023311 |accessdate=27 May 2021 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=26 March 2021 |language=Dutch |archive-date=27 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527142102/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210326_98023311 |url-status=live }} They finished 14th in Tokyo. By finishing 4th at the 2023 World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands, they secured their Olympic ticket for the their second Olympics in Paris, France.{{cite web |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2023/08/09/emma-plasschaert-wordt-2e-in-medal-race-en-sluit-wk-zeilen-af-op-6e-plaats~1691579664815/ |title=Emma Plasschaert wordt 2e in medal race en sluit WK zeilen af op 6e plaats |publisher=Sporza |access-date=12 May 2023 |language=dutch }}

Maenhaut and Geurts won the 49er FX European Championships in 2024 in La Grande-Motte, France.{{cite web |url=https://49er.org/championship-glory-for-belgium-uruguay-and-great-britain/ |title=Championship glory for Belgium, Uruguay and Great Britain |publisher=www.49er.org |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=12 May 2023 |language=dutch }}

Maenhaut lives in Merelbeke and studies nautical sciences.

• 2015: Young Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing
• 2019: Sailing Team of the Year award from Belgian Sailing{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame Sailing Awards |url=https://belgiansailing.be/hall-of-fame/ |website=Belgian Sailing |access-date=27 May 2021 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615102930/https://belgiansailing.be/hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live }}

• List of World Championships medalists in sailing (juniors and youth classes)

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Category:1998 births

Category:Living people

Category:Belgian female sailors (sport)

Category:Olympic sailors for Belgium

Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX

Category:Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – 49er FX

Category:People from Merelbeke

Category:Sportspeople from East Flanders

Category:21st-century Belgian sportswomen

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