29 April 2014

Belarusian yachtwoman Tatyana Drozdovskaya finished second in the final ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta of the Laser Radial 2013-2014 series which completed in Hyeres, France, BelTA has learnt.

Before the deciding race Tatyana Drozdovskaya held a leading position but yielded to Belgium’s Evi Van Acker. Bronze went to Marit Bouwmeester from the Netherlands. This season Tatyana Drozdovskaya won one gold in Melbourne and two silver medals in Qingdao and Hyeres. Partaking in the Laser Radial competitions were 79 yachtwomen. Competing in Hyeres were 1,111 athletes from 59 countries.

Tatiana Drozdovskaya is Belarus’ leading yachtswoman in the Laser Radial Olympic class. She is a many-time world champion, World Cup winner and a finalist of the World and European championships. In 2000 she was awarded the status of the international master of sports. In 2007 she secured the world champion title. Tatiana Drozdovskaya represented Belarus at four Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. She was 23rd at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 15th at the 2012 London Games. On 8 April she topped the ISAF Laser Radial world ranking for the first time.


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