Sarah Webb (sailor)
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Great Britain | ||
Women's Sailing | ||
2004 Athens | Yngling class | |
2008 Beijing | Yngling class | |
World Championships | ||
2007 Cascais | Yngling | |
2008 Miami | Yngling | |
European Championships | ||
2008 Blanes | Yngling |
Sarah Kathleen Gosling (Nee Webb) OBE (born 13 January 1977 in Ashford, Surrey)[1] is a British professional sailor and twice Olympic gold medalist.
Sailing career[]
Webb joined the Royal Yachting Association's youth squad and competed in the Laser Radial class in the ISAF Youth World Championships in 1995 and 1996.[1]
She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, together with Shirley Robertson and Sarah Ayton, collectively nicknamed "Three Blondes in a Boat."[2] She repeated this success in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, together with Pippa Wilson and Sarah Ayton.[3]
In early 2007, Webb appeared on and won BBC cookery programme Ready Steady Cook against fellow Olympic medallist Nick Rogers.
Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[4]
She married multi-millionaire Adam Gosling, a son of the former car park tycoon Sir Donald Gosling in 2009.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "Sarah Webb". www.olympics.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ "Olympic shootout for Athens blondes". BBC Sport Online. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "GB Yngling women breeze to gold". BBC Sport Online. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 13.
- ^ 'Nervous' Olympic sailor marries, BBC News, February 9, 2009. Retrieved 02-24-2009.
External links[]
- 1977 births
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- English female sailors (sport)
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- Yngling class world champions
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- Olympic sailors of Great Britain
- English Olympic medallists
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- Olympic medalists in sailing
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