Silja Lehtinen

Silja Lehtinen
Personal information
Nationality Finnish
Born 5 November 1985
Helsinki, Finland
Sport
Country  Finland
Sport Sailing
Updated on 19 August 2012.

Silja Lehtinen (born November 5, 1985 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor. Lehtinen studies medicine in the University of Helsinki.

Silja Lehtinen has sailed in two Olympic regattas. In 2008, in the age of 23, she skippered the Finnish team in Yngling class to an 11th place. In 2012 she participated in Women's Match Race and won a bronze medal with her crew Silja Kanerva and Mikaela Wulff.[1][2] [3]

In 2012 as well, only a month before the Olympic regatta, Lehtinen and her crew won match race world championship title in Gothenburg, Sweden.[4]

Her brother Lauri skippered the Finnish 49er into a seventh place in 2012 Olympic regatta.

References

  1. "Finland wins women's match racing Olympic bronze.". AP Worldstream. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.   via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  2. "Silja Lehtinen London 2012 Summer Olympics". www.london2012.com. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. "SAILOR BIOGRAPHY Silja Lehtinen". www.isaf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. "Silja Lehtinen takes Womens Matchrace World title". www.sailweb.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2012.