Monique de Vries (sailor)

Monique de Vries (born 3 May 1995) is an Australian competitive sailor. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in the women's 470 class.^[2]

Monique de Vries

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 29)[1] Perth, Western Australia
Sailing career
Class(es)	470, 49erFX
Club	South of Perth Yacht Club
Coach	Belinda Stowell, Ruslana Taran, Victor Kovalenko

She and her fellow crew member, Nia Jerwood, qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by finishing 9th at the 470 World Championships in 2019.^[2] In the same year they were named Female Sailors of the Year at the Australian Yachtsman of the Year awards.^[3] Coached by Olympian Belinda Stowell, they represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in August 2021,^[4] finishing 16th in the field of 21.^[5][6] Detailed results.

References

1. "Sailing: de VRIES Monique". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. "Monique de Vries". Olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
3. "Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries named Australian Female Sailors of the Year". WAIS.org.au. Western Australian Institute of Sport. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
4. Butler, Steve (3 April 2021). "WA duo get Olympic call-up". The West Australian. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
5. "Sailing – Women's Two Person Dinghy – 470 – Group Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
6. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

External links

• Monique de Vries at World Sailing
• Monique de Vries at World Sailing (archived)
• Monique de Vries at Olympics.com
• Monique de Vries at Olympedia
• Monique de Vries at the Australian Olympic Committee