Belgium’s Bouwmeester, Spain’s Botin and Trittel win World Sailor of the Year awards

By The Associated Press The Associated Press

The 2024 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award winners are Marit Bouwmeester of Belgium, who became the most-decorated female Olympic sailor of all time, and Diego Botin and Florian Trittel of Spain, who won an Olympic gold medal and SailGP’s $2 million Season 4 championship in a three-week span. Bouwmeester won the gold medal in women’s dinghy at the Paris Games to push her career total to four medals, including two golds, a silver and a bronze. Botin and Trittel won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s skiff less than three weeks after taking Spain’s SailGP Team from 10th to first to win the season title.