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In July 2008 national coach [[Maurice Paardekooper]] selected Bes, [[Mandy Mulder]] and [[Merel Witteveen]] as the trio that would form the Dutch yngling boat at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [[Marije Faber]], [[Renee Groeneveld]], [[Marije Kampen]] and [[Brechtje van der Werf]] were not chosen in the team.<ref>[http://www.nusport.nl/20080708/zeilen/bes-mulder-en-witteveen-vormen-ynglingploeg Ynglingploeg Peking bekend], nusport.nl, ret: Aug 6, 2008</ref> They won the 2008 Olympic silver medal! |
In July 2008 national coach [[Maurice Paardekooper]] selected Bes, [[Mandy Mulder]] and [[Merel Witteveen]] as the trio that would form the Dutch yngling boat at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [[Marije Faber]], [[Renee Groeneveld]], [[Marije Kampen]] and [[Brechtje van der Werf]] were not chosen in the team.<ref>[http://www.nusport.nl/20080708/zeilen/bes-mulder-en-witteveen-vormen-ynglingploeg Ynglingploeg Peking bekend], nusport.nl, ret: Aug 6, 2008</ref> They won the 2008 Olympic silver medal! |
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In 2009 Bes finished her Sport management studies at the |
In 2009 Bes finished her Sport management studies at the Dutch Right To Play office. She really enjoyed it but realised as well she still enjoyes sailing. With Renée Groeneveld and Brechtje van der Werf she started to sail in the new Olympic women class, The Elliot 6m Matchracing class. And not without succes, they finished fourth at the Kielerwoche Worldcup, second at the Europeans and they won the Sail for Gold Worldcup in Weymouth in september 2009 and the Prinses Sofia Worldcup event in april 2010. |
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Annemieke Marileen Bes (born March 16, 1978 in Groningen) is a Dutch sailor.
Bes started sailing in 1990 and competed at Olympic international level since 1999 where she started in the Europe class.[1]Best She became second at the Dutch Championship in 2000, seventh at the Semaine Olympique Hyeres in 2001 and seventh at the Worldchampionship open week that year. By the end of 2001 she switched to the Yngling class.[1]
In her first season in the yngling class she and her team mates Petronella de Jong and Annelies Thies became second in the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma de Mallorca. The following year she finished fifth at the SPA Regatta in Medemblik as well as fourth in the pre-Olympic event in Athens.[1] Du[1] 2004 proved to be a successful year and they won the Athens Eurolymp Week as well as the Princess Sofia Trophy.[1] They sailed to a seventh position at the World Championships in Santander and a sixth position at the SPA Regatta, which earned them a spot at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] In Athens Bes, De Jong and Thies reached 56 points and ended up on the fourth position, just outside of the medals.[1]
Bes decided to have a sabbatical yngling year and switched to the Laser Radial class for that year.In 2006 she moved back to the Yngling. At that time the dutch federation selected a total of nine yngling sailors to aim and qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Bes and her team mates became fourth at the World Championship in Cascais. Furthermore she became second in Qingdao at the Pre-Olympics, second at the Dutch national championship, fourth at the European Championship in Warnemunde in 2007.[1] In 2008 there was a third place in the Olympic Class Regatta of Miami And a third place at the Europeans.
In July 2008 national coach Maurice Paardekooper selected Bes, Mandy Mulder and Merel Witteveen as the trio that would form the Dutch yngling boat at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Marije Faber, Renee Groeneveld, Marije Kampen and Brechtje van der Werf were not chosen in the team.[2] They won the 2008 Olympic silver medal!
In 2009 Bes finished her Sport management studies at the Dutch Right To Play office. She really enjoyed it but realised as well she still enjoyes sailing. With Renée Groeneveld and Brechtje van der Werf she started to sail in the new Olympic women class, The Elliot 6m Matchracing class. And not without succes, they finished fourth at the Kielerwoche Worldcup, second at the Europeans and they won the Sail for Gold Worldcup in Weymouth in september 2009 and the Prinses Sofia Worldcup event in april 2010.