Youssef Akrout

Youssef Akrout (born 15 November 1990) is a Tunisian sailor in the Laser and Laser Radial classes and sailing coach.

Biography Akrout was born in Tunis and represented Sport Nautique Bizertin. After winning the Laser event at the 2011 All-Africa Games, Akrout was the only Tunisian sailing competitor at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2012 in the men's Laser class. Akrout finished 45th. He also won the 2015 African Laser and Laser Radial Championships. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 34th in the Laser event.

In 2016, he sailed his Laser dinghy from Haouaria in Tunisia to Mazara del Vallo on Sicily in 17 hours and 34 minutes. Akrout then took on a coaching career, first in Stavanger Seilforening of Norway, then in Chicago, before he became head coach of Stavanger Seilforening.