Siren Sundby
 Sundby in 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 December 1982 (age 42) Lørenskog, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Christopher Gundersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Soon Seilforening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Siren Sundby (born 2 December 1982 in Lørenskog) is a former Norwegian sailor.
She won an Olympic gold medal in the Europe-class in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also won the world championships in the Europe-class in 2003 and 2004.[1]
Sundby was selected female sailor of the year by the International Sailing Federation in 2003.
Sundby revealed in July 2006 that she was giving up sailing. Since her sailing partner Karianne Melleby became pregnant and gave up sailing, Sundby had been looking for a new partner, but then decided that there was not enough time to prepare with a new partner before the 2008 Summer Olympics, and still have a realistic chance of winning gold.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Her parents live in Son, south of Oslo. She lives in Oslo with her husband, Christopher Gundersen, who is a sailor. She has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Technical University of Denmark, 2008, and is attending her final year of the Master program, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2011, at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Siren Sundby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Berglund, Nina (20 July 2006). "Sundby sails into the sunset". Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2006.
External links
[edit]- Siren Sundby at World Sailing
- Siren Sundby at Olympics.com
- Siren Sundby at Olympic.org (archived)
- Siren Sundby at Olympedia (archive)
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- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)
- Olympic sailors for Norway
- Norwegian female sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Europe
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Lørenskog
- Sportspeople from Akershus
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Europe class world champions
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- 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
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