Youssef Akrout

Yousses Akrout

Personal information
Nationality	Tunisia
Born	(1990-11-15) 15 November 1990 (age 34) Tunis, Tunisia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sailing
Event(s)	Laser, Laser Radial
Medal record Men's sailing Representing  Tunisia All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo Laser Radial Pan Arab Games 2011 Doha Laser Radial

Youssef Akrout (born 15 November 1990, in Tunis) is a two times olympian [1] and world record holder[2] (crossing the Mediterranean Sea with a Laser standard). He coached at the Chicago Yacht club winning the 2019 Orange Bowl in Miami[3] before moving to Norway where he currently is working as a head coach (winning Kiel week,[4] a medal at Europeans [5] and several nationals) as well as assisting with the Norwegian sailing federation Olympic hopefuls team.

[1] He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class.[2]

After winning the Laser event at the 2011 All-Africa Games, Akrout was the only Tunisian sailing competitor at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3][4] 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 Championship.[6][6] He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class.[7]

After winning the Laser event at the 2011 All-Africa Games, Akrout was the only Tunisian sailing competitor at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[8][9] He gained a place for Tunisia in the men's Laser event at the 2016 Olympics through his performance at the 2014 World Championship.[10] He also won the 2015 African Laser and Laser Radial Championship.[11]

References

1. https://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/i/k6g5Ak/tidligere-tunisisk-ol-utoever-stortrives-som-seiletrener-i-stavanger
2. https://tunisieauto.tn/citroen-tunisie-est-fiere-de-soutenir-lexploit-de-youssef-akrout
3. https://theclubspot.com/regatta/Qi1WoGEVTA/results
4. https://www.kieler-woche.de/de/medien/meldung.php?id=117811
5. https://www.norwegiansailingteam.no/sailors/theodor
6. "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.
7. "Rio 2016 Laser - One Person Dinghy men - Olympic Sailing". International Olympic Committee. 2019-03-09. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
8. "South Africa, Tunisia And The Seychelles Take Top Honours As The All African Games Draws To A Close". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
9. "Lone Campaigners Take On The Big Teams". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
10. "Late wind brings best conditions at African Laser and Laser Radial Championships". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
11. "Olympic places settled at African Laser and Laser Radial Championships". sailing.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.