Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. News: Peach . Simon . Team GB's Nick Dempsey secures windsurfing silver medal . 13 August 2012 . The Independent . 7 August 2012.
2. Web site: Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén is athlete of the year . yle.fi . 16 January 2013.
3. Tuuli Petäjä . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203193244/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/tuuli-petaja-1.html . 3 December 2016.
4. Web site: Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén to carry Finnish flag at Olympic ceremony . 3 August 2016 . 9 August 2016.
5. Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 Olympics . . 25 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910135958/https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-rs-x-women . 10 September 2016.
6. Web site: Sailing - Women's Windsurfer - RS:X - Group Results . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 25 July 2021 . 25 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210725112510/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/overall-results-rs-x-women.htm . dead.