Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén

Finnish windsurfer

Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén

Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén in 2015

Personal information

Full name

Tuuli Pauliina Petäjä-Sirén

Born

9 November 1983 (1983-11-09) (age 40)
Espoo, Finland

Height

169 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

60 kg (132 lb)

Medal record

Windsurfing

Representing Finland
Olympic Games
	2012 London	Women's RS:X

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] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed once again in the women's RS:X, and finished 14th.^[6]

References

^ 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.
^ "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.