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]

Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén
Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén in 2015
Personal information
Born9 November 1983 (1983-11-09) (age 40)
Espoo, Finland
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Women's Windsurfing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's RS:X

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]

She has qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

References edit

  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". 3 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  5. ^ "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-11.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for   Finland
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by