Silja Lehtinen

Finnish yacht racer
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IntroFinnish yacht racer
PlacesFinland
isAthlete Windsurfer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth5 November 1985, Helsinki
Age39 years
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Biography

Silja Lehtinen (born November 5, 1985 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor. Lehtinen studies medicine in the University of Helsinki.
Silja Lehtinen has sailed in two Olympic regattas. In 2008, in the age of 23, she skippered the Finnish team in the Yngling class to an 11th place. In 2012 she participated in Women's Match Race (Elliott 6m) and won a bronze medal with her crew Silja Kanerva and Mikaela Wulff.
In 2012 as well, only a month before the Olympic regatta, Lehtinen and her crew won match race world championship title in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Her brother Lauri skippered the Finnish 49er into seventh place at the 2012 Olympic regatta.
As a 15 year old, she won the Byte class World Championship in 2001.

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