Sara Nordenstam

Sara Nordenstam

Personal information
Full name	Sara Nordenstam
Nationality	Norway
Born	February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28) (age 28) Lycksele, Sweden
Height	1.69 m
Weight	70 kg
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Club	Lambertseter SK
College team	SMU Mustangs
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Norway Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) Silver 2010 Budapest 200 m breaststroke

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.

See also

• List of Norwegian records in swimming

References

1. ^ Goll, Svein. "Nordenstam wins Bronze medal". Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article2595466.ece. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 

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Name	Nordenstam, Sara
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Date of birth	28 February 1983
Place of birth	Lycksele, Sweden
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