- Siren Sundby
Siren Sundby (born
December 2 ,1982 ,Lørenskog ) is a former Norwegian sailor.She won an Olympic gold medal in the Europe-class in the
2004 Summer Olympics . She also won the world championships in the Europe-class in2003 and2004 .Sundby was selected female sailor of the year by the
International Sailing Federation in 2003.Sundby revealed in July 2006 that she was giving up sailing. Since her sailing partner
Karianne Melleby became pregnant and gave up sailing, Sundby had been looking for a new partner, but then decided that there was not enough time to prepare with a new partner before the2008 Olympics , and still have a realistic chance of winning gold. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1394201.ece] Sundby retiring]Trivia
Her parents live in Son, south of
Oslo .She dating
Christopher Gundersen who is a sailor.She is an engineering student at
Technical University of Denmark .Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.sailing.org/bio.asp?ID=NORSS1 Biography and results on sailing.org]
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