Bettina Honoré (born 7 April 1971) is a Danish former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class.[1] She was the country's top female windsurfer for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in nineteenth place.[2] A member of the sailing club in Hellerup, Honore trained for the national windsurfing squad under head coach Jacob Holst.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Denmark |
| Born | 7 April 1971 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | Hellerup Sejlklub |
| Coach | Jacob Holst |
Honoré competed for the Danish sailing squad, as a 37-year-old, in the inaugural women's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She finished forty-seventh in the gold fleet to secure the last of the eighteen spots offered at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal.[4] Struggling to chase a large fleet of windsurfers throughout the series, Honoré steered her way from behind to finish strongly in sixth place on the final leg. Based on her cumulative scores, Honoré's best result, however, was not enough to let her enter the medal race, sitting her further in nineteenth overall with 142 net points.[2][5]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bettina Honore". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Fynsk windsurfer færdig ved OL" [Funen windsurfers eliminated from the Olympics] (in Danish). TV 2/Fyn. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
Bettina Honoré
- ^ "Windsurfer i verdensklasse" [A world-class windsurfer] (in Danish). Berlingske. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
Bettina Honoré
- ^ Hansen, Jens Gjesse (11 April 2008). "Danmark får kvindelig surfer med til OL" [Female windsurfer secures a place for Denmark at the Olympics] (in Danish). Dr.dk. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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- ^ "Beijing 2008: Women's RS:X Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
edit- Bettina Honoré at World Sailing
- Bettina Honoré at Olympics.com
- Bettina Honoré at Olympedia
- Bettina Honore at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
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