Fredrik Lööf

Fredrik Lööf
Fredrik Lööf at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Personal information
Full nameMax Emil Fredrik Lööf
Nationality Sweden
Born (1969-12-13) 13 December 1969
Kristinehamn, Sweden
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sailing career
SportSailing
ClubKristinehamns Kanotseglare, Royal Swedish Yacht Club
ClassesFinn, Star
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonStar class
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyFinn class
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingStar class
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 PärnuFinn class
Gold medal – first place1997 GdańskFinn class
Gold medal – first place1999 MelbourneFinn class
Gold medal – first place2001 MedemblikStar class
Gold medal – first place2004 GaetaStar class
Silver medal – second place1993 BangorFinn class
Silver medal – second place1995 MelbourneFinn class
Silver medal – second place1998 AthensFinn class
Silver medal – second place2003 CádizStar class
Bronze medal – third place1996 La RochelleFinn 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 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]

Sailing Results

As of 27 September 2015[10]

Olympic Games

YearVenuePos.Class
1992Barcelona, ESP5thFinn class
1996Savannah, Georgia, USA5thFinn class
2000Sydney, AUS3rdFinn class
2004Athens, GRE12thStar class
2008Qingdao, CHN3rdStar class
2012Weymouth and Portland, GBR1stStar class

World Championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
1987OK World ChampionshipLuleå, Sweden4thOK Dinghy
1990Finn Gold CupPorto Carras, Greece12thFinn
1991Finn Gold CupKingston, Canada4thFinn
1992Finn Gold CupCádiz, Spain18thFinn
1993Finn Gold CupBangor, UK2ndFinn
1994Finn Gold CupTallinn, Estonia1stFinn
1995Finn Gold CupMelbourne, Australia2ndFinn
1996Finn Gold CupLa Rochelle, France3rdFinn
19976 Metre World CupCannes, France10th6 Metre
Finn Gold CupGdańsk, Poland1stFinn
1998Finn Gold CupAthens, Greece2ndFinn
1999Finn Gold CupMelbourne, Australia1stFinn
2000Finn Gold CupWeymouth, UK8thFinn
2001Star World ChampionshipMedemblik, Netherlands1stStar
2002Star World ChampionshipMarina del Rey, USA14thStar
2003ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsCádiz, Spain2ndStar
2004Star World ChampionshipGaeta, Italy1stStar
2005Star World ChampionshipBuenos Aires, Argentina4thStar
2005Etchells World ChampionshipSan Francisco, USA18thEtchells
2006Star World ChampionshipSan Francisco, USA5thStar
2007Melges 24 World ChampionshipSanta Cruz, USA17thMelges 24
ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsCascais, Portugal8thStar
2008Star World ChampionshipMiami, USA11thStar
2009Star World ChampionshipVarberg, Sweden6thStar
Melges 32 World ChampionshipPorto Cervo, Italy10thMelges 32
2010Star World ChampionshipRio de Janeiro, Brazil7thStar
2011ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsPerth, Australia5thStar
2012Star World ChampionshipHyères, France5thStar

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. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. 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 (11 August 2012). "Fredrik Lööf bär fanan på OS-avslutningen – Nyheter P4 Värmland". Sveriges Radio. 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. ↑ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Sailor Biography".
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