Sara Nordenstam

Sara Nordenstam
Personal information
Full name	Sara Nordenstam
Nationality	Norway
Born	28 February 1983 (age 41); 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
Women's swimming
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
European Championships (LC)

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

References

^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Sara Nordenstam". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Goll, Svein. "Nordenstam wins Bronze medal". Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.