Sarah Kathleen Gosling (Nee Webb) (born 13 January 1977 in

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) is a British professional

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and twice

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gold medalist.

Sailing career

Webb joined the

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's youth squad and competed in the

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class in the ISAF Youth World Championships in 1995 and 1996. She won a gold medal in the

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sailing class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, together with Shirley Robertson and

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, collectively nicknamed "Three Blondes in a Boat." She repeated this success in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, together with Pippa Wilson and

. In early 2007, Webb appeared on and won BBC cookery programme

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against fellow Olympic medallist Nick Rogers. Already a

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(MBE), she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She married multi-millionaire Adam Gosling, a son of the former car park tycoon Sir

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in 2009. 'Nervous' Olympic sailor marries

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Sailing career

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