Linda Andersen, later Linda Cerup-Simonsen, (born 15 June 1969) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

Olympic gold-medal winning

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

.https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60903 Linda Andersen was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

. She obtained silver medals in the Europe World Championships in 1988 and 1989. In the 1991 Europe European Championships, she won gold medal, and a bronze medal in 1992. Andersen competed in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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, where she won gold medal in the Europe class.Profile: "Linda Andersen"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 22 December 2007) She also competed in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta. She is a sister of Ida Andersen. Andersen represented Tønsberg Seilforening.

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* 1969 births Norwegian female sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Tønsberg Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Living people Olympic medalists in sailing {{norway-yachtracing-bio-stub Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics