Sara Maria Evelina Nordenstam (born 28 February 1983 in

Lycksele Lycksele (; sma, Liksjoe; Ume Sami language, Ume Sami: ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, provinces of Sweden, province of Lapland (Sweden), Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants ...

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swimmer. Nordenstam was born to Swedish parents and lived in Sweden until she was 10, before moving to Oslo. Since 2004 she has been a naturalised citizen of Norway. Nordenstam set a European record in the heats of the 200 meters breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the final she took the bronze medal with a new European record of 2:23,02, making her the first Norwegian woman to win an Olympic swimming medal. Nordenstam has 16 Norwegian championship medals. Nordenstam studied advertising and marketing in the United States and received a bachelor's degree. Nordenstam is a resident of Lambertseter in Oslo.

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Living people Swedish emigrants to Norway Norwegian female breaststroke swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic swimmers for Norway Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1983 births Olympic bronze medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Norway-swimming-bio-stub

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