Английская Википедия:Fredrik Lööf
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Max Emil Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Summer Olympics, winning one gold and two bronze medals.[1] He won the gold medal in Star with Max Salminen at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the bronze medals in Finn in the 2000 Summer Olympics and with Anders Ekström in Star in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
Fredrik Lööf was born in Kristinehamn close to Vänern on 13 December 1969. He started sailing the Optimist and started racing in the Optimist class at age eight and then continued to the Europe and OK classes.[3]
In 1988, Lööf started sailing Finn to qualify for the 1992 Summer Olympics.[4] He finished fifth in Finn in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[5] In 2000, he won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In addition he won three Finn Gold Cup and finished on the podium another four times.
After the 2000 Olympics, he moved on to the Star class. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he finished 12th with Anders Ekström in Star.[5] He continued in the class together with Ekström and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Lööf sailed together with Max Salminen in the Star class, the team was created and coached by Italian Michele Marchesini. The team were making good results and on the day of the Medal race, the three medallist boats were decided with the Lööf/Salminen crew as potential bronze medallists. In the decisive race Lööf and Salminen made a good effort, while the other boats helmed by Iain Percy and Robert Scheidt were guarding each other. As winners of the Medal race, the Swedish team moved to the first place in the result list and became Olympic champions in the Star class.
Lööf was among the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers, holding the Swedish flag.[6]
Lööf has also won two World Championships in Star, in 2001 and 2004, and finished second once, in 2003. He has won the European Championships in Star three times, and finished on the podium another three times.[7]
In 2001–02, he was a crewmember on yacht AMER SPORTS ONE and in 2005–06 on yacht Pirates of the Caribbean in the Volvo Ocean Race.[8][9]
Achievements
1987 | OK World Championship | Luleå, Sweden | 4th | Ok Dinghy |
1990 | Finn Gold Cup | Porto Carras, Greece | 12th | Finn class |
1991 | Finn Gold Cup | Kingston, Canada | 4th | Finn class |
1992 | Finn Gold Cup | Cádiz, Spain | 18th | Finn class |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | Finn class | |
1993 | Finn Gold Cup | Bangor, UK | 2nd | Finn class |
1994 | Finn Gold Cup | Tallinn, Estonia | 1st | Finn class |
1995 | Finn Gold Cup | Melbourne, Australia | 2nd | Finn class |
1996 | Finn Gold Cup | La Rochelle, France | 3rd | Finn class |
Olympic Games | Savannah, USA | 5th | Finn class | |
1997 | 6 Metre World Cup | Cannes, France | 10th | 6 Metre class |
Finn Gold Cup | Gdańsk, Poland | 1st | Finn class | |
1998 | Finn Gold Cup | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Finn class |
1999 | Finn Gold Cup | Melbourne, Australia | 1st | Finn class |
2000 | Finn Gold Cup | Weymouth, UK | 8th | Finn class |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | Finn class | |
2001 | Star World Championship | Medemblik, Netherlands | 1st | Star class |
2002 | Star World Championship | Marina del Rey, USA | 14th | Star class |
2003 | ISAF Sailing World Championships | Cádiz, Spain | 2nd | Star class |
2004 | Star World Championship | Gaeta, Italy | 1st | Star class |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 12th | Star class | |
2005 | Star World Championship | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 4th | Star class |
2005 | Etchells World Championship | San Francisco, USA | 18th | Etchells class |
2006 | Star World Championship | San Francisco, USA | 5th | Star class |
2007 | Melges 24 World Championship | Santa Cruz, USA | 17th | Melges 24 class |
ISAF Sailing World Championships | Cascais, Portugal | 8th | Star class | |
2008 | Star World Championship | Miami, USA | 11th | Star class |
Olympic Games | Qingdao, China | 3rd | Star class | |
2009 | Star World Championship | Varberg, Sweden | 6th | Star class |
Melges 32 World Championship | Porto Cervo, Italy | 10th | Melges 32 class | |
2010 | Star World Championship | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | Star class |
2011 | ISAF Sailing World Championships | Perth, Australia | 5th | Star class |
2012 | Star World Championship | Hyères, France | 5th | Star class |
Olympic Games | Weymouth and Portland, UK | 1st | Star class |
References
External links
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