Sara Nordenstam
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sara Nordenstam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1983 Lycksele, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lambertseter SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | SMU Mustangs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.[1]
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[]
- ^ Goll, Svein. "Nordenstam wins Bronze medal". Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
External links[]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sara Nordenstam. |
   | This article about a Norwegian Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
  | This biographical article related to a Norwegian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- Living people
- Swedish emigrants to Norway
- Norwegian female breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Olympic swimmers of Norway
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 1983 births
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Norwegian Olympic medalist stubs
- Norwegian swimming biography stubs