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
Medal record Sailing Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 2012 London Star class 2000 Sydney Finn class 2008 Beijing Star class World Championships 1994 Pärnu Finn class 1997 Gdańsk Finn class 1999 Melbourne Finn class 2001 Medemblik Star class 2004 Gaeta Star class 1993 Bangor Finn class 1995 Melbourne Finn class 1998 Athens Finn class 2003 Cadiz Star class 1996 La Rochelle Finn class

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]

References

External links

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• Fredrik Loof at World Sailing