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Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén
* 9 November 1983 Espoo
Present residence: Espoo
169 cm, 60 kg
Club: Helsingfors Segelklubb
Coaches: Jochem Brenninkmeijer, Mika Saari
Class: RS:X
Tuuli Petäjä won Olympic silver in Weymouth 2012, which was Finland’s best result at the London Games in any
sport. She was duly voted Finnish Athlete of the Year 2012. Afterwards Tuuli got married and gave birth to a
daughter in 2013. In the following year she returned to the sailboarding circuit, finishing seventh at the European
Championships of 2014. Tuuli studies for a degree in architecture at Aalto University in Helsinki. In her junior years
she used to play ice hockey at lower league levels.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
2008 16th RS:X.
2012 silver RS:X.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS (all in RS:X):
2006 WCh 50th.
2007 WCh 32nd. EurCh 31st.
2008 WCh 34th. EurCh 12th.
2009 WCh 30th.
2010 WCh 35th. EurCh 19th.
2011 WCh 16th. EurCh 11th.
2012 WCh 11th. EurCh bronze.
2013 WCh 4th.
2014 WCh 15th. EurCh 7th.
2015 WCh 28th. EurCh 16th.
2016 WCh 32nd. EurCh 12th.