Sara Nordenstam
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| Full name | Sara Nordenstam | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Norway |
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| Born | February 28, 1983 Lycksele, Sweden |
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| Height | 1.69 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lambertseter SK | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | SMU Mustangs | ||||||||||||||||||
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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, after which she moved to Oslo. From 2004 she is a naturalised citizen of Norway.
Nordenstam set a European record in the heats of 200 meters breaststroke at the Summer Olympics 2008 in Beijing. In the final she took bronze medal with new European record of 2:23,02, making her the first Norwegian woman to win an Olympic swimming medal.[1]
Nordenstam has 16 Norwegian championship medals.
Nordenstam studied advertising and marketing in the United States receiving a Bachelor degrees. Nordenstam a resident of Lambertseter in Oslo.
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[edit] References
- ^ Goll, Svein. "Nordenstam wins Bronze medal". Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article2595466.ece. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
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