Kristin Boese

[1] In 2009, she was shortlisted by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.

At school, she excelled in a wide range of sports and became a semiprofessional handball player from the age of 9 in 1986 until 1999.

In 2000, she attended a windsurf-instructor license course and began working as a windsurf instructor in her summer holidays while studying journalism and communication at the University of Berlin.

[1] She became the German Kitesurf Champion and in 2003 finished in fourth place in the PKRA world ranking.

[2] In July 2012, she won the bronze medal in the Slalom World Championships, finishing behind Katja Roose and Caroline Adrien.

Boese learned to kitesurf in Fuerteventura where she later worked as an instructor.