Sarah Webb (sailor)
British sailor (born 1977)
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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.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Sailing | ||
Representing  Great Britain | ||
| 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
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 was awarded an honorary MSc by the University of Chichester in 2009.[6]
She married multi-millionaire Adam Gosling, a son of the former car park tycoon Sir Donald Gosling in 2009.[7] They have a son.[8]
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