Bettina Honore

Bettina Honore (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]

Bettina Honore
Personal information
Full nameBettina Honore
Nationality Denmark
Born (1971-04-07) 7 April 1971
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Sailboard
ClubHellerup Sejlklub
CoachJacob Holst

Honore 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, Honore steered her way from behind to finish strongly in sixth place on the final leg. Based on her cumulative scores, Honore'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
  1. 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.
  2. "Fynsk windsurfer færdig ved OL" [Funen windsurfers eliminated from the Olympics] (in Danish). TV 2/Fyn. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. "Windsurfer i verdensklasse" [A world-class windsurfer] (in Danish). Berlingske. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. "Beijing 2008: Women's RS:X Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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