Sarah Kathleen Gosling (née Webb) OBE (born 13 January 1977 in Ashford, Surrey)[1] is a British professional sailor and twice Olympic gold medalist.
Medal record | ||
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Women's Sailing | ||
Representing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Yngling class | |
2008 Beijing | Yngling class | |
World Championships | ||
2007 Cascais | Yngling | |
2008 Miami | Yngling | |
European Championships | ||
2008 Blanes | Yngling |
Sailing career
editWebb 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]
References
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Sarah Gosling at World Sailing (archive)
- Sarah Webb at Olympics.com
- Sarah Webb at Olympedia
- Sarah Webb at Team GB
- GB Yngling Team website