Sarah Kathleen Gosling (née Webb) OBE (born 13 January 1977 in Ashford, Surrey)[1] is a British professional sailor and twice Olympic gold medalist.
Medal record | ||
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Women's Sailing | ||
Representing Great Britain | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Yngling class | |
2008 Beijing | Yngling class | |
World Championships | ||
2007 Cascais | Yngling | |
2008 Miami | Yngling | |
European Championships | ||
2008 Blanes | Yngling |
Webb joined the Royal Yachting Association's youth squad and competed in the Laser Radial class in the ISAF Youth World Championships in 1995 and 1996.[1]
She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, together with Shirley Robertson and Sarah Ayton, collectively nicknamed "Three Blondes in a Boat."[2] She repeated this success in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, together with Pippa Wilson and Sarah Ayton.[3][4]
In early 2007, Webb appeared on and won BBC cookery programme Ready Steady Cook against fellow Olympic medallist Nick Rogers.
Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[5]
She married multi-millionaire Adam Gosling, a son of the former car park tycoon Sir Donald Gosling in 2009.[6]