Ingrid Puusta

Ingrid Puusta
Personal information
Nationality  Estonia
Born (1990-11-08) 8 November 1990
Märjamaa, Estonia
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) RS:X
Club Noblessner Yacht Club[1]
Coach Matthew Rickard [1]

Ingrid Puusta (born November 8, 1990 in Märjamaa) is an Estonian Olympic windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class.[1][2] She represented Estonia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has been currently training for Noblessner Yacht Club in Tallinn under her personal coach Matthew Rickard.[1] As of July 2015, Puusta is ranked no. 18 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.

Puusta competed in the women's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by receiving a berth from the World Championships in Cadiz, Spain.[3] Delivering a mediocre effort in the opening series, Puusta managed to pull off a sixth position on the third leg, but fell short for the medal race with an accumulated net score of 134 and a fifteenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-six sailors.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ingrid Puusta". London 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  2. "Ingrid Puusta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  3. "Finals Series Underway At RS:X Worlds". ISAF. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. "Ingrid Puusta sai olümpiadebüüdil tubli 15. koha, soomlanna lähedal medalile" [Ingrid Puusta finished 15th at the Olympics, much closer to the final race] (in Estonian). Delfi. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. "Women's RS:X". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

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