About Ragna Agerup
Born 1995. Ragna Agerup is a Norwegian sailor.
Ragna Agerup (born 22 June 1995) is a Norwegian Olympic sailor and a Junior World champion. She represents the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo and New York Yacht Club in New York City. Her college team was Brown University in Providence, RI.
49er FX career Together with her twin sister Maia Agerup she sailed the Olympic Class boat 49er FX and competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In June 2016 the team was ranked 15th on the ISAF 49er FX World Ranking. Their best ranking position is 4th, from December 2012. Best Olympic result is 12. (2016 Rio Olympics)
After qualifying Norway for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through her 9th place in the 2018 World Championship in Aarhus, Denmark, she announced that she would prioritise finishing her undergraduate studies at Brown University in the US instead of starting a new Olympic campaign.
College Sailing career Ragna was a starting skipper at the Brown University Sailing Team until her graduation in 2020. She sailed both on the Co-ed and Women's team. In 2019 she was selected ICSA Women's College Sailor of the Year. In College, she was selected to the ICSA All American Sailing Team multiple times as a Skipper in both in the Women and Co-ed sailing classes.
She has also sailed Optimist dinghy and 29er.
Junior career
2010 - Gold. Norwegian Championship, Optimist
2010 - Gold. Norwegian Championship Teams Racing. (KNS - Maia Agerup, Line Flem Høst, Sophie Tjøm)
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 (Best Female Team)
2015 - Bronze. U23 World Championship, 49er FX. Flensburg, Germany
2017 - Gold, U23 World Championship, 49er FX, Kingston, Canada
2019 - Gold, ICSA College Sailing National Championship, Newport, USA
Senior career
2014 - Gold. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Melbourne, Australia
2015 - 9th place. European Championship, 49er FX. Porto, Portugal
2016 - 4th place. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Miami, USA
2016 - 5th place. ISAF World Cup, 49er FX. Weymouth, United Kingdom
2016 - 12th place, 2016 Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 - 2nd place, World Sailing World Cup. Miami, USA
2017 - 7th place. European Championship, 49er FX. Kiel, Germany
2018 - 2nd place, World Sailing World Cup. Miami, USA
2018 - 7th place. European Championship, 49er FX. Sopot, Poland
2018 - 9th place. World Sailing World Championship, Aarhus, Denmark
2022 - Gold, Norwegian Open J-70 Championship, Åsgårdstrand, Norway
2023 - Gold. Grundig Women J-70 Regatta, Oslo, Norway
Don’t just read it —
keep it.
Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.
- E-book
- Audio
- Video
Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free
Important facts
People in Ragna Agerup's life
Named in this biography and alive at the same time
Contemporaries
People whose lives overlapped Ragna Agerup's
Frequently asked questions
Who is Ragna Agerup?
Norwegian sailor
When was Ragna Agerup born?
Ragna Agerup was born on 22 June 1995 in Oslo.
What is Ragna Agerup's occupation?
Ragna Agerup is a sailor.
What nationality is Ragna Agerup?
Ragna Agerup is Norwegian.
Sources & further reading
Cite this page
APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ragna Agerup. https://biography.guide/ragna-agerup/
MLA: "Ragna Agerup." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ragna-agerup/.
Chicago: "Ragna Agerup." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ragna-agerup/.
Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.
Page generated 2026-09-27 05:09 UTC