Sarah Webb (sailor)
| Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing  Great Britain
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| Women's Sailing | ||
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2004 Athens | Yngling class |
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2008 Beijing | Yngling class |
| World Championships | ||
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2007 Cascais | Yngling |
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2008 Miami | Yngling |
| European Championships | ||
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2008 Blanes | Yngling |
Sarah Kathleen Gosling (Nee Webb) OBE (born 13 January 1977 in Ashford, Surrey)[1] is a British professional sailor and twice Olympic gold medalist.
Sailing career
Webb joined the Royal Yachting Association's youth squad and competed in the Laser Radial class in the ISAF Youth World Championships in 1995 and 1996.[1]
She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, together with Shirley Robertson and Sarah Ayton, collectively nicknamed "Three Blondes in a Boat."[2] She repeated this success in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, together with Pippa Wilson and Sarah Ayton.[3]
In early 2007, Webb appeared on and won BBC cookery programme Ready Steady Cook against fellow Olympic medallist Nick Rogers.
Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[4]
She married multi-millionaire Adam Gosling, a son of the former car park tycoon Sir Donald Gosling in 2009.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Sarah Webb". www.olympics.org.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ "Olympic shootout for Athens blondes". BBC Sport Online. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ^ "GB Yngling women breeze to gold". BBC Sport Online. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 13.
- ^ 'Nervous' Olympic sailor marries, BBC News, February 9, 2009. Retrieved 02-24-2009.
External links
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- GB Yngling Team website
- Sarah Webb page at Team GB website
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