Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén
Finnish windsurfer
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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) | ||||||||||||||
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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] 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.
External links
- 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)
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for ![]() Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Succeeded by |
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Finnish Sports Personality of the Year
- 1947: Mikko Hietanen & Lassi Parkkinen
- 1948: Heikki Hasu
- 1949: Viljo Heino
- 1950: Heikki Hasu
- 1951: Veikko Karvonen
- 1952–1954: Veikko Hakulinen
- 1955: Voitto Hellstén
- 1956: Antti Hyvärinen
- 1957: Olavi Vuorisalo
- 1958: Vilho Ylönen
- 1959: Juhani Järvinen
- 1960: Veikko Hakulinen
- 1961: Kalevi Huuskonen
- 1962: Pentti Nikula
- 1963: Pentti Eskola
- 1964: Eero Mäntyranta
- 1965: Jouko Launonen
- 1966: Eero Mäntyranta
- 1967: Eero Tapio
- 1968–1969: Kaarlo Kangasniemi
- 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen
- 1971: Juha Väätäinen
- 1972: Lasse Virén
- 1973: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
- 1974: Riitta Salin
- 1975: Heikki Ikola
- 1976: Lasse Virén
- 1977: Pertti Ukkola
- 1978: Helena Takalo
- 1979–1980: Pertti Karppinen
- 1981: Heikki Ikola
- 1982: Keke Rosberg
- 1983: Tiina Lillak
- 1984: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
- 1985: Matti Nykänen
- 1986–1987: Marjo Matikainen
- 1988: Matti Nykänen
- 1989: Marjo Matikainen
- 1990: Päivi Alafrantti
- 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen
- 1992: Toni Nieminen
- 1993: Juha Kankkunen
- 1994: Jani Sievinen
- 1995: Jari Litmanen
- 1996: Heli Rantanen
- 1997: Mika Myllylä
- 1998: Mika Häkkinen
- 1999: Mika Myllylä
- 2000: Arsi Harju
- 2001: Sami Hyypiä
- 2002: Samppa Lajunen
- 2003: Hanna-Maria Seppälä
- 2004: Marko Yli-Hannuksela
- 2005: Janne Ahonen
- 2006: Jukka Keskisalo
- 2007: Tero Pitkämäki
- 2008: Satu Mäkelä-Nummela
- 2009: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- 2010: Minna Kauppi
- 2011: Kaisa Mäkäräinen
- 2012: Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén
- 2013: Tero Pitkämäki
- 2014: Iivo Niskanen & Sami Jauhojärvi
- 2015: Tero Pitkämäki
- 2016: Leo-Pekka Tähti
- 2017: Iivo Niskanen
- 2018: Iivo Niskanen
- 2019: Teemu Pukki
- 2020: Lukas Hradecky
- 2021: Matti Mattsson
- 2022: Iivo Niskanen
- 2023: Lauri Markkanen
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