Silja Lehtinen

Silja Lehtinen, born Tuesday 5th of November 1985 in Helsinki, is a Finnish former sportswoman. She competed as a sailor in two Olympic regattas. At the age of 23, in 2008, she skippered the Finnish team in the Yngling class to an 11th place finish. Four years later, in 2012, she won a bronze medal in Women's Match Race (Elliott 6m) with her crew, Silja Kanerva and Mikaela Wulff.

Lehtinen balanced her athletic career with academics, studying medicine at the University of Helsinki. She was active from 2001 to 2017, a 16-year span that began when she was around 15 years old. Standing 5'5" with a natural build and blonde hair, she has since retired from competitive sailing. Her Olympic bronze remains a highlight of her career.