Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén

Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén
Personal information
Born 9 November 1983 (1983-11-09) (age 33)
Espoo, Finland

Tuuli 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]

At the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics Petäjä-Sirén was chosen to carry the Finnish flag.[3] She finished 10th in the women's RS:X.[4]

References

  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
  3. "Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén to carry Finnish flag at Olympic ceremony". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Hanna-Maria Seppälä
Flagbearer for  Finland
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by
TBA


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