Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén

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Tuuli Pauliina Petäjä-Sirén (born 9 November 1983 in Espoo) is a Finnish windsurfer. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's RS:X.[1] She was chosen as athlete of the year in Finland in 2012.[2][3]

Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén
Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén in 2015
Personal information
Full nameTuuli Pauliina Petäjä-Sirén
Born9 November 1983 (1983-11-09) (age 40)
Espoo, Finland
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Medal record
Windsurfing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's RS:X

At the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics Petäjä-Sirén was chosen to carry the Finnish flag.[4] She finished 10th in the women's RS:X.[5] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed once again in the women's RS:X, and finished 14th.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Peach, Simon (7 August 2012). "Team GB's Nick Dempsey secures windsurfing silver medal". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén is athlete of the year". yle.fi. 16 January 2013.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tuuli Petäjä". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén to carry Finnish flag at Olympic ceremony". 3 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016 Olympics. COJOPR. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Sailing - Women's Windsurfer - RS:X - Group Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for   Finland
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by