Sara Nordenstam
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Full name | Sara Nordenstam | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1983-02-28) 28 February 1983 (age 41) Lycksele, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Lambertseter SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | SMU Mustangs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sara Maria Evelina Nordenstam (born 28 February 1983 in Lycksele, Sweden) is a Norwegian swimmer. Nordenstam was born to Swedish parents and lived in Sweden until she was 10, before moving to Oslo. Since 2004 she has been a naturalised citizen of Norway.[1]
Nordenstam set a European record in the heats of the 200 meters breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the final she took the bronze medal with a new European record of 2:23,02, making her the first Norwegian woman to win an Olympic swimming medal.[2]
Nordenstam has 16 Norwegian championship medals.
Nordenstam studied advertising and marketing in the United States and received a bachelor's degree. Nordenstam is a resident of Lambertseter in Oslo.
See also
References
External links
- Sara Nordenstam at World Aquatics
- Sara Nordenstam at SwimRankings.net
- Sara Nordenstam at Olympedia
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- 1927: Hildegard Schrader (GER)
- 1931: Cecelia Wolstenholme (GBR)
- 1934: Martha Genenger (GER)
- 1938: Inge Sørensen (DEN)
- 1947: Nel van Vliet (NED)
- 1950: Raymonde Vergauwen (BEL)
- 1954: Ursula Happe (FRG)
- 1958: Ada den Haan (NED)
- 1962: Anita Lonsbrough (GBR)
- 1966: Galina Prozumenshchikova (URS)
- 1970: Galina Stepanova (URS)
- 1974: Karla Linke (GDR)
- 1977: Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)
- 1981: Ute Geweniger (GDR)
- 1983: Ute Geweniger (GDR)
- 1985: Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)
- 1987: Silke Hörner (GDR)
- 1989: Susanne Börnike (GDR)
- 1991: Yelena Rudkovskaya (URS)
- 1993: Brigitte Becue (BEL)
- 1995: Brigitte Becue (BEL)
- 1997: Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
- 1999: Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
- 2000: Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM)
- 2002: Mirna Jukić (AUT)
- 2004: Mirna Jukić (AUT)
- 2006: Kirsty Balfour (GBR)
- 2008: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
- 2010: Anastasia Chaun (RUS)
- 2012: Sara Nordenstam (NOR)
- 2014: Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)
- 2016: Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)
- 2018: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
- 2020: Molly Renshaw (GBR)
- 2022: Lisa Mamié (SUI)
- 2024: Kristýna Horská (CZE)
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