Maia Agerup


Maia Agerup is a Norwegian Olympic Sailor. She represents the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo.
Together with her twin sister Ragna Agerup she sailed the Olympic Class boat 49erFX competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In June 2016 the team was ranked 15th on the ISAF World Ranking. Their best ranking position is 4th, from December 2012. After competing in the Olympics, Maia started her education at Boston University, where she is expected to graduate in 2020.
She has previously sailed Optimist Dinghy and 29er.

Junior career

2010 - Silver. Norwegian Championship, Optimist
2010 - Gold. Norwegian Championship Teams Racing.
2013 - Gold. Norwegian Championship, 29er
2013 - 12th place and winner of the Female Class. 29er World Championship. Aarhus, Denmark
2013 - 4th place. 29er EuroCup Overall

Senior career

2014 - Gold. ISAF World Cup, 49erFX. Melbourne, Australia
2015 - 9th place. European Championship, 49erFX. Porto, Portugal
2015 - Bronze. U23 World Championship, 49erFX. Flensburg, Germany
2016 - 4th place. ISAF World Cup, 49erFX. Miami, USA
2016 - 5th place. ISAF World Cup, 49erFX. Weymouth, United Kingdom
2017 - Silver. ISAF World Cup, 49erFX. Miami, USA
2017 - Gold. Junior World Championship 49erFX. Kingston, Canada
2017 - 8th place. European Championship, 49erFX. Kiel, Germany
2018 - Silver. ISAF World Cup, 49erFX. Miami, USA