Who Is Elin Nordegren? Model And Ex-Wife Of Tiger Woods

Elin Nordegren: Tiger Woods met with a fatal accident and suffered severe injuries on his legs.

The golfing legend has only been married once and his wife is Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model. The two got married in 2004 and decided to call it off after six years of being together. The controversial end to their marriage is not unknown to most as it involved infidelity, rehab and a whole lot of financial settlement.

Here's what we know of Elin Nordegren:

• Born in an influential family in Sweden, Nordegren got a chance to explore a career quite different from her parents. She started her modelling career when she was 20-year-old and graced the cover of Cafe Sport magazine in 2000.
• She was raised in Stockholm by a radio journalist father and a politician mother. Her father
• Nordegren is a graduate in psychology from Rollins College in Florida. She came to the US when she started working for Mia Parvenik, golfer Jesper Parnevik's wife.
• Tiger Woods and Nordegren met in the 2001 Open Championship. They soon got engaged and then married.
• The relationship shared by Tiger Woods and his wife was not really ideal as according to many media reports, Woods maintained seeing other women during the course of their marriage.
• Tiger Woods got accused of being a sex addict and had to spend time at a rehabilitation centre but this didn't save their relationship and the couple finally got divorced in 2010. According to reports, Elin Nordegren received a whopping £72 million in alimony.