Linda Andersen, later Linda Cerup-Simonsen, (born 15 June 1969) is a Norwegian Olympic gold-medal winning

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. Linda Andersen was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg (), historically Tunsberg, is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located about south-southwest of the capital city of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near ...

. She obtained silver medals in the

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in 1988 and 1989. In the 1991 Europe European Championships, she won gold medal, and a bronze medal in 1992. Andersen competed in the

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, where she won gold medal in the Europe class.Profile: "Linda Andersen"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 22 December 2007) She also competed in the

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in Atlanta. She is a sister of Ida Andersen. Andersen represented Tønsberg Seilforening.

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* 1969 births Norwegian female sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Tønsberg Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Living people Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{norway-yachtracing-bio-stub