Sari Multala
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Background

Sari Multala is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in a 24ft keelboat however she soon started racing the Optimist (dinghy)
Optimist (dinghy)
The Optimist is a small, single-handed sailing dinghy intended for use by children up to the age of 15. Nowadays boats are usually made of fiber reinforced plastic, although wooden boats are still built....

 and soon started on the youth program of the Marjaniemen Purjehtijat Sailing Club. She went on to competed in the 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition
Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

 and 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

 finishing in the Womens Singlehanded Class the Europe (dinghy)
Europe (dinghy)
The Europe is a one-person dinghy designed in Belgium in 1960 by Alois Roland as a class legal Moth dinghy. The design later changed into its own one-design class....

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She was shortlisted in 2002 by the International Sailing Federation
International Sailing Federation
The International Sailing Federation is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the world governing body for the sport of sailing....

 for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards
ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards
-Background:The ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards were launched in 1994 by the International Sailing Federation. The awards are recognised as the pinnacle award a sailor can receive in recognition of his/her outstanding achievements by the world of sailing....

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Significant Results

  • 5th 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition
    Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

  • 1st 2001 Europe Class World Championship, Vilamoura, POR
  • 5th 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition
    Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

  • 1st 2009 Laser Radial Women World Championship, Karatsu, JPN
  • 1st 2010 Laser Radial Women World Championship, Largs, GBR

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