Linda Andersen

For those of a similar name, see Linda Anderson (disambiguation).

Olympic medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Norway
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Europe class

Linda Andersen, later Linda Cerup-Simonsen, (born 15 June 1969) is a Norwegian Olympic gold-medal winning sailor.[1]

Linda Andersen was born in Tønsberg.[2] She obtained silver medals in the Europe World Championships in 1988 and 1989.[3] In the 1991 Europe European Championships, she won gold medal, and a bronze medal in 1992.[3]

Andersen competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she won gold medal in the Europe class.[4][2] She also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2]

She is a sister of Ida Andersen.[2] Andersen represented Tønsberg Seilforening.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Olympedia – Linda Andersen".
  2. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Linda Andersen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b Schanke, Tom A. (2007). Norsk Idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Aller Forlag. p. 391. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
  4. ^ Profile: "Linda Andersen" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 22 December 2007)


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