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Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén

Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Tuuli Pauliina Petäjä-Sirén
Born	9 November 1983 (1983-11-09) (age 41) 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. She was chosen as athlete of the year in Finland in 2012.

At the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics Petäjä-Sirén was chosen to carry the Finnish flag. She finished 10th in the women's RS:X. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed once again in the women's RS:X, and finished 14th.

References

1. Peach, Simon (7 August 2012). "Team GB's Nick Dempsey secures windsurfing silver medal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
2. "Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén is athlete of the year". yle.fi. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
3. 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.
4. "Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén to carry Finnish flag at Olympic ceremony". 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
5. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016 Olympics. COJOPR. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
6. "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)

Olympic Games
Preceded byHanna-Maria Seppälä	Flagbearer for  Finland Rio de Janeiro 2016	Succeeded bySatu Mäkelä-Nummela & Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

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