Fredrik Lööf

Fredrik Lööf
Fredrik Lööf in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Max Emil Fredrik Lööf
Nationality  Sweden
Born (1969-12-13) 13 December 1969
Kristinehamn, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Finn, Star
Club Kristinehamns Kanotseglare, Royal Swedish Yacht Club

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 World Championships 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]

Achievements

As of 27 September 2015[8]
Year Competition Venue Position Event
1987OK World ChampionshipsLuleå, Sweden4thOk Dinghy
1990Finn Gold CupPorto Carras, Greece12thFinn class
1991Finn Gold CupKingston, Canada4thFinn class
1992Finn Gold CupCadiz, Spain18thFinn class
Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain5thFinn class
1993Finn Gold CupBangor, UK2ndFinn class
1994Finn Gold CupTallinn, Estonia1stFinn class
1995Finn Gold CupMelbourne, Australia2ndFinn class
1996Finn Gold CupLa Rochelle, France3rdFinn class
Olympic GamesSavannah, USA5thFinn class
19976 Metre World ChampionshipsCannes, France10th6 Metre class
Finn Gold CupGdańsk, Poland1stFinn class
1998Finn Gold CupAthens, Greece2ndFinn class
1999Finn Gold CupMelbourne, Australia1stFinn class
2000Finn Gold CupWeymouth, UK8thFinn class
Olympic GamesSydney, Australia3rdFinn class
2001Star World ChampionshipsMedemblik, Netherlands1stStar class
2002Star World ChampionshipsMarina del Rey, USA14thStar class
2003ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsCadiz, Spain2ndStar class
2004Star World ChampionshipsGaeta, Italy1stStar class
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece12thStar class
2005Star World ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina4thStar class
2005Etchells World ChampionshipsSan Francisco, USA18thEtchells class
2006Star World ChampionshipsSan Francisco, USA5thStar class
2007Melges 24 World ChampionshipsSanta Cruz, USA17thMelges 24 class
ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsCascais, Portugal8thStar class
2008Star World ChampionshipsMiami, USA11thStar class
Olympic GamesQingdao, China3rdStar class
2009Star World ChampionshipsVarberg, Sweden6thStar class
Melges 32 World ChampionshipsPorto Cervo, Italy10thMelges 32 class
2010Star World ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil7thStar class
2011ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsPerth, Australia5thStar class
2012Star World ChampionshipsHyères, France5thStar class
Olympic GamesWeymouth and Portland, UK1stStar class

References

  1. ↑ "OS-guld till Lööf och Salminen – OS". SVT.se. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Tidigare studenten Fredrik Lööf tog OS-guld – GIH". Gih.se. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ↑ C. Hildebrand, ed. (2004). 100 år under segel : svensk segling 1905–2005 : Svenska seglarförbundet. Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget. pp. 145–146. ISBN 91-89564-15-4.
  4. ↑ C. Hildebrand, ed. (2004). 100 år under segel : svensk segling 1905–2005 : Svenska seglarförbundet. Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget. p. 146. ISBN 91-89564-15-4.
  5. 1 2 "Fredrik Lööf" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Foto: William West/Scanpix. "Fredrik Lööf bär fanan på OS-avslutningen – Nyheter P4 Värmland". Sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Fredrik Lööf – Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté". Sok.se. 13 December 1969. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  8. ↑ https://members.sailing.org/sailors/biog.php?memberid=45619
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