Sara Nordenstam

Norwegian swimmer

Sara Nordenstam

Personal information
Full name| Sara Nordenstam
Nationality|  Norway
Born|  (1983-02-28) 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
| 2008 Beijing | 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
|  2012 Debrecen | 200 m breaststroke
|  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, 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.

## See also

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* List of Norwegian records in swimming

## References

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

## External links

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* Sara Nordenstam at World Aquatics
* Sara Nordenstam at SwimRankings.net
* Sara Nordenstam at Olympedia

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European champions in women's 200 m breaststroke

* 1927: Hildegard Schrader (GER)
* 1931: Cecelia Wolstenholme (GBR)
* 1934: Martha Genenger (GER)
* 1938: Inge Sørensen (DEN)
* 1947: Nel van Vliet (NED)
* 1950: Raymonde Vergauwen (BEL)
* 1954: Ursula Happe (FRG)
* 1958: Ada den Haan (NED)
* 1962: Anita Lonsbrough (GBR)
* 1966: Galina Prozumenshchikova (URS)
* 1970: Galina Stepanova (URS)
* 1974: Karla Linke (GDR)
* 1977: Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)
* 1981: Ute Geweniger (GDR)
* 1983: Ute Geweniger (GDR)
* 1985: Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)
* 1987: Silke Hörner (GDR)
* 1989: Susanne Börnike (GDR)
* 1991: Yelena Rudkovskaya (URS)
* 1993: Brigitte Becue (BEL)
* 1995: Brigitte Becue (BEL)
* 1997: Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
* 1999: Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
* 2000: Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM)
* 2002: Mirna Jukić (AUT)
* 2004: Mirna Jukić (AUT)
* 2006: Kirsty Balfour (GBR)
* 2008: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
* 2010: Anastasia Chaun (RUS)
* 2012: Sara Nordenstam (NOR)
* 2014: Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)
* 2016: Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)
* 2018: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
* 2020: Molly Renshaw (GBR)
* 2022: Lisa Mamié (SUI)
* 2024: Kristýna Horská (CZE)

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