Olympic champion Annette Duetz announces retirement from Olympic sailing

奥运冠军安妮特·杜茨宣布从奥运帆船项目退役

Duetz retires as the most successful skiff sailor in the world having competed at three Olympic Games and winning gold at Paris 2024, bronze at Tokyo 2020 and four 49erFX world titles.

杜茨作为世界上最成功的双人小艇运动员退役，她参加了三届奥运会，并在2024年巴黎奥运会上夺得金牌，在2020年东京奥运会上获得铜牌，还赢得了四枚49erFX级世界级赛事金牌。

She grew up in a true sailing family. Her mother, Marion Bultman, competed at the 1988 Olympic Games, and her father, Hans Duetz, became world champion in 1982. During family holidays in Friesland, Annette took her first steps on the water — at first just for fun, together with her sister.

她生长在一个真正的帆船家庭。她的母亲马里恩·布尔特曼曾参加过1988年奥运会，她的父亲汉斯·杜茨在1982年成为世界冠军。在弗里斯兰的家庭度假期间，安妮特首次踏上了水上之旅——起初只是为了好玩，是和她的姐姐一起。

At the age of 13, the sisters joined the national 29er skiff training program. In that talent program, where future teammate Annemiek Bekkering and future coach Kaj Böcker were already sailing.

13岁时，姐妹俩加入了国家29er小艇训练计划之中。在这个人才计划中，未来的队友安妮米克·贝克林和未来的教练凯·伯克当时已经在进行帆船训练。

She made her Olympic debut in Rio 2016, together with Bekkering, finishing seventh in the 49erFX class. The duo grew from promising talents into one of the most successful sailing teams in the world.

她与贝克林搭档，在2016年里约奥运会上完成了奥运首秀，在49erFX级比赛中获得第七名。这对组合从有前途的新星成长为世界上最成功的帆船团队之一。

Five years later, at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, Bekkering and Duetz won bronze — a historic achievement for Dutch women’s skiff sailing. With Bekkering, Duetz also became world champion twice, in 2018 and 2019. After Tokyo, Bekkering decided to retire from elite sport.

五年后，在2021年东京奥运会上，贝克林和杜茨获得铜牌——这是荷兰女子小艇帆船运动的历史性成就。与贝克林一起，杜茨还在2018年和2019年两次成为世界冠军。东京奥运会后，贝克林决定退出精英体育界。

Duetz herself hesitated after Tokyo, saying she was curious about new challenges beyond competitive sailing.

东京奥运会后，杜茨本人也曾犹豫，表示她对竞技帆船以外的新挑战感到好奇。

“But sailing is just such a great and enjoyable thing to do. Starting a new campaign with Odile van Aanholt, who was already a world champion in the same discipline, was an amazing and fitting challenge,” Duetz explained.

“但是帆船运动本身就是一件如此美妙而令人愉悦的事情。与在同一项目上已是世界冠军的奥迪尔·范·安霍尔特（Odile van Aanholt）一起开始新的征程，是一个奇妙且合适的挑战，”杜茨解释道。

Together they became world champions in 2022 and 2024, culminating in Olympic gold at Paris 2024.

他们一起在2022年和2024年成为了世界冠军，并在2024年巴黎奥运会上夺得金牌。

“The Olympic Games last year in Marseille were the highlight of my sailing career. Odile and I had already achieved so much together that it could only be the icing on the cake. Of course, we felt the pressure because of that. But to actually win gold, with all our friends and family there with us, was incredibly special.”

“去年在马赛举行的奥运会是我帆船生涯的亮点。奥迪尔和我已经一起取得了如此多的成就，这只能是锦上添花。当然，我们也因此感受到了压力。但能够真正赢得金牌，并且我们所有的朋友和家人都与我们同在，真是无比特别。”

After twelve years at the highest Olympic level, Duetz is now setting a new course. Alongside her sporting career, she studied Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology, graduating in 2022 with a thesis on wind forecasting in Marseille, the Olympic sailing venue.

在奥运会最高水平竞技十二年后，杜茨现在正在设定一条新的航线。在运动生涯之外，她还在代尔夫特理工大学攻读应用物理学，并于2022年毕业，其毕业论文题目是关于奥运会帆船赛场马赛的风况预测。

“Saying goodbye to Olympic sailing feels very bittersweet. The combination of sailing itself and striving for the absolute best has been what I’ve lived for in recent years — and I’ve enjoyed every moment of it. I’m very grateful that I’ve been able to do this, especially surrounded by such great people. Annemiek and Odile as my teammates, Kaj as my coach, and everyone from the Watersportverbond.

“告别奥运帆船赛的感觉非常苦乐参半。帆船运动本身和追求极致卓越的结合，是我近年来生活的意义所在——并且我很享受其中的每一刻。我非常感激自己能够做到这一切，尤其是身边有这么多优秀的人的陪伴下。安妮米克和奥迪尔是我的队友，卡伊是我的教练，以及荷兰水上运动联合会的每一个人。

At the same time, it’s the right moment for a new challenge. I’m really looking forward to whatever new experiences lie ahead — both within and beyond sailing.”

“同时，现在也是迎接新挑战的最佳时机。我真的很期待未来的任何新体验——无论是在帆船运动领域还是这项运动外的其他领域。”