Youssef Akrout
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| Born | 15 November 1990 Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Laser, Laser Radial | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sport Nautique Bizertin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Youssef Akrout (born 15 November 1990) is a Tunisian sailor in the Laser and Laser Radial classes and sailing coach.
Biography
[edit]Akrout was born in Tunis and represented Sport Nautique Bizertin.[1] After winning the Laser event at the 2011 All-Africa Games, Akrout was the only Tunisian sailing competitor at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He competed at the 2012 in the men's Laser class.[4] Akrout finished 45th.[1]
He gained a place for Tunisia in the men's Laser event at the 2016 Olympics through his performance at the 2014 World Championship.[5] He also won the 2015 African Laser and Laser Radial Championships.[6] In the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 34th in the Laser event.[7]
In 2016, he sailed his Laser dinghy from Haouaria in Tunisia to Mazara del Vallo on Sicily in 17 hours and 34 minutes.[8][9] Akrout then took on a coaching career, first in Stavanger Seilforening of Norway, then in Chicago, before he became head coach of Stavanger Seilforening.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Youssef Akrout". Olympedia.
- ^ "South Africa, Tunisia And The Seychelles Take Top Honours As The All African Games Draws To A Close". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "Lone Campaigners Take On The Big Teams". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "Youssef Akrout". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Late wind brings best conditions at African Laser and Laser Radial Championships". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "Olympic places settled at African Laser and Laser Radial Championships". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Laser - One Person Dinghy men - Olympic Sailing". International Olympic Committee. 2019-03-09. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "CITROËN TUNISIE est fiere de soutenir l'exploit de Youssef Akrout". 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Voile: Première traversée du canal de Sicile à bord d'un dériveur olympique". 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Tidligere tunisisk OL-utøver stortrives som seiletrener i Stavanger". 13 May 2022.
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- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser
- African Games gold medalists for Tunisia
- African Games medalists in sailing
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