Sari Multala (born 5 July 1978 in

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and cabinet minister.

Background

Multala started sailing at the age 8 in a 24 ft keelboat however she soon switched to racing the Optimist (dinghy) class and soon started on the youth program of the Marjaniemen Purjehtijat Sailing Club. She went on to compete in the 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition and 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition finishing fifth in the Women's Singlehanded Class the Europe (dinghy). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's laser radial dinghy class where she finished 7th. She is also a two time world champion in the laser radial class, and has also won a silver and bronze in the same event. She was shortlisted in 2002 by the

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for the

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Politics

Multala was elected to

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City Council in 2012 representing National Coalition Party. She was elected to the Parliament of Finland for the first time in the 2015 parliamentary elections and was re-elected in

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. Since 2017 she has served as Chair of City Board in Vantaa. In June 2023, she was appointed

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in the Orpo Cabinet.

Significant results

* 5th 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition * 1st 2001 Europe World Championships, Vilamoura, POR * 5th 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition * 2nd 2007 Laser Radial Women World Championship, Cascais, POR * 1st 2009 Laser Radial Women World Championship, Karatsu, JPN * 1st 2010 Laser Radial Women World Championship, Largs, GBR * 7th 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition * 3rd 2012 Laser Radial Women World Championship, Boltenhagen, GER

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