Sara Nordenstam
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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.
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.
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Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
) is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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.
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.