Mandy Mulder
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Mandy Mulder is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 sailor.

Mulder started sailing in 1995 and competes in international level since 2001 where she started in the Optimist class. At the European Championship in Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands, with a population of 838,397 which constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago...

 she finished on a 10th position. She took part in the 2002 Laser 4.7
Laser 4.7
The Laser 4.7 is a one-design dinghy class in the Laser series and is a one-design class of sailboat. All Lasers are built to the same specifications. The Laser is 4.06 m long, with a waterline length of 3.81 m . The hull weight is 59 kg...

 World Junior Championship where she won the bronze medal. She won silver at the European Junior Championship Laser Radial
Laser Radial
The Laser Radial is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser Standard, with shorter mast and reduced sail area, allowing light sailors to...

 in Breitenbrunn
Breitenbrunn, Austria
Breitenbrunn am Neusiedler See is a small wine village in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Burgenland in Austria....

. In Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

 during the World Junior Championship in Laser Radial she only finished in 13th position.

At the Open Dutch Championships in 2003 she took part in 470 Class and her team finished as the second female team. In Balatón
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of its foremost tourist destinations. As Hungary is landlocked , Lake Balaton is often affectionately called the "Hungarian Sea"...

 she finished 7th in the European Junior Championship and at the World Championship at Lake Garda
Lake Garda
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy, about half-way between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan. Glaciers formed this alpine region at the end of the last ice age...

 she finished 9th. She took another silver at the 2004 Open Dutch Championships. As of 2005 she sails in the yngling
Yngling (keelboat)
thumbA Yngling is a sailing boat which the International Yngling Association call an "agreeable cross between a planing dinghy and a keelboat." It can be regarded as a smaller version of the Soling although there are differences in sailing characteristics, proportion, and tuning requirements,...

 class and was part of the Dutch national team selection straight away. At the 2005 World Championship in Mondsee she and her team finished 21st. She won bronze medals at the Open Dutch Championships as well as at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Mallorca
Mallorca
Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca...

. After a 12th position at the World Championships in La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...

 a third (Holland Regatta in Medemblik
Medemblik
Medemblik is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.- History :...

 and a second at the European Championship in Medemblik she finished first position at the Qingdao 2006 International Regatta.

A total of seven yngling
Yngling (keelboat)
thumbA Yngling is a sailing boat which the International Yngling Association call an "agreeable cross between a planing dinghy and a keelboat." It can be regarded as a smaller version of the Soling although there are differences in sailing characteristics, proportion, and tuning requirements,...

 sailors were selected to aim and qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. Mulder and her team mates became 4th at the World Championship in Cascais
Cascais
Cascais is a coastal town in Cascais Municipality in Portugal, 30 kilometres west of Lisbon, with about 35,000 residents. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugal's royal...

. Furthermore she became second in the Breitling Regatta, first in Medemblik at the Dutch national Championships and second at the European Championship in Warnemunde
Warnemünde
Warnemünde is a sea resort and northmost district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, situated on the Baltic Sea in the northeast of Germany at the estuary of the river Warnow.- History :...

 in 2007. In 2008 there was a first place in the Olympic Class Regatta of Miami and a 13th position at the World Championship, also held in Miami.

In July 2008 national coach Maurice Paardekooper selected Mulder, Annemieke Bes
Annemieke Bes
Annemieke Marileen Bes is a Dutch sailor.Bes started sailing in 1990 and competed at Olympic international level since 1999 where she started in the Europe class...

 and Merel Witteveen
Merel Witteveen
Merel Witteveen is a Dutch sailor.Witteveen started sailing in 1995 and competes in international level since 1999 where she started in the Optimist class...

 as the trio that will form the Dutch yngling boat at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Marije Faber, Renee Groeneveld, Marije Kampen and Brechtje van der Werf were not chosen in the team.

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