Silja Lehtinen
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 38)
Helsinki, Finland
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Elliott 6m
Updated on 19 August 2012.

Silja Lehtinen (born 5 November 1985 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor. Lehtinen studies medicine at the University of Helsinki.

Silja Lehtinen has sailed in two Olympic regattas. In 2008, at the age of 23, she skippered the Finnish team in the Yngling class to an 11th place. In 2012, she participated in Women's Match Race (Elliott 6m) and won a bronze medal with her crew, Silja Kanerva and Mikaela Wulff.[1][2][3]

In 2012 as well, only a month before the Olympic regatta, Lehtinen and her crew won match race world championship title in Gothenburg, Sweden.[4]

Her brother Lauri skippered the Finnish 49er into seventh place at the 2012 Olympic regatta.

As a 15 year old, she won the Byte class World Championship in 2001.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Finland wins women's match racing Olympic bronze". AP Worldstream. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012 – via HighBeam Research.
  2. ^ "Silja Lehtinen London 2012 Summer Olympics". london2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Sailor Biography: Silja Lehtinen". www.sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Silja Lehtinen takes Womens Matchrace World title". www.sailweb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  5. ^ "News & Features: Lehtinen Wins In New Jersey". www.sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

External links


World champions in 29er
World champions in women's Match Racing
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