 Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tuuli Pauliina Petäjä-Sirén | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1983 (age 40) Espoo, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
She has qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Peach, Simon (7 August 2012). "Team GB's Nick Dempsey secures windsurfing silver medal". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén is athlete of the year". yle.fi. 16 January 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén to carry Finnish flag at Olympic ceremony". 3 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016 Olympics. COJOPR. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat" [Tokyo 2020: Olympic places for the Finnish team, qualifying schedules and athletes selected for the Games]. mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén at World Sailing
- Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén at Olympics.com
- Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén at Olympedia
- Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
