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Sarah Kathleen Gosling OBE (née Webb; 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]^[4]

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.^[5]

She married multi-millionaire Adam Gosling, a son of the former car park tycoon Sir Donald Gosling in 2009.^[6] They have a son.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Sarah Webb". olympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. 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.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sarah Webb". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 13.
^ 'Nervous' Olympic sailor marries, BBC News, 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
^ Townsend, Nick (7 August 2011). "Gosling insists British medal hopes are buoyant". The Times.

External links

Sarah Gosling at World Sailing (archive)
Sarah Webb at Olympics.com
Sarah Webb at Olympedia
Sarah Webb at Team GB
GB Yngling Team website

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[profile-1] "Sarah Webb". olympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2008.

[2] "Olympic shootout for Athens blondes". BBC Sport Online. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

[3] "GB Yngling women breeze to gold". BBC Sport Online. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.

[4] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sarah Webb". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

[5] "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 13.

[6] 'Nervous' Olympic sailor marries, BBC News, 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.

[7] Townsend, Nick (7 August 2011). "Gosling insists British medal hopes are buoyant". The Times.

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