van LAER Wannes

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Laser	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
34	Laser	2012	London, GBR

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
29	Laser	2018	Aarhus, DEN
42	Laser	2014	Santander, ESP
62	Laser	2011	Fremantle, WA, AUS
91	Laser	2003	Cadiz, ESP

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Laser	2020	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
21	Laser	2017	Split, CRO
34	Laser	2019	Sakaiminato, JPN

Class European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Laser	2017	Barcelona, ESP
14	Laser	2018	La Rochelle, FRA
16	Laser	2019	Porto, POR
36	Laser	2020	Gdansk, POL

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Laser	2019	Genoa, ITA
10	Laser	2017	Santander, ESP
14	Laser	2021	Medemblik, NED
14	Laser	2016	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
20	Laser	2018	Marseille, FRA
21	Laser	2019	Enoshima, JPN
21	Laser	2018	Gamagori, JPN
21	Laser	2017	Miami, FL, USA
24	Laser	2020	Enoshima, JPN
24	Laser	2019	Miami, FL, USA
28	Laser	2018	Hyeres, FRA
29	Laser	2017	Hyeres, FRA
36	Laser	2018	Miami, FL, USA

Cycling. (Facebook profile, 14 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Finance, Insurance - KATHO University, Belgium

Dutch, English, French

His father, Pieter Van Laer, has represented Belgium in sailing, and runs Van Laer Sailing, an importer of Optimist and Laser Performance sailing boats based in Appelterre, Belgium. (mn2s.com, 01 Sep 2020; vanlaersailing.be, 01 Sep 2020)

He took up sailing in Belgium at age six, and won his first junior world title in the Optimist class at age 11. (magicmarine.com, 01 Mar 2020)

He followed his father, Pieter Van Laer, and his grandfather into the sport. (magicmarine.com, 01 Mar 2020; wannesvanlaer.be, 18 Jun 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 Jul 2021)