Josefin Olsson

Josefin Olsson
Personal information
Full nameJosefin Anna Louise Olsson
Born (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989
Nyköping, Sweden
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sailing career
SportSailing
Club Royal Swedish Yacht Club
Classes
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoLaser Radial
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 Vila Real de Santo AntónioEurope
Silver medal – second place2014 SantanderLaser Radial

Josefin Anna Louise Olsson (born 23 August 1989) is a Swedish sailor primarily focusing on single-handed dinghies, who won a silver medal in the Laser Radial event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and also holds a silver medal from the Laser Radial World Championship and a World champion title from the Europe class.

Career

Josefin Anna Louise Olsson was born 23 August 1989 in Saint Nicholas parish in Nyköping, Sweden.[1][2] She started sailing in Oxelösunds Segelsällskap in nearby Oxelösund.[3] She won the 2008 Europe World Championships in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal, ahead of Danish Anne-Marie Rindom and Anette Viborg Andreasen.[4] In 2008, she was awarded the Halvan trophy for best position by a youth Swedish sailor by the Swedish Sailing Federation.[5]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 18th place.[1] Olsson continued sailing the Laser Radial for the next Olympic cycle, and in September 2014, she won a silver medal at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, behind Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands.[6]

She competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in sixth place.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in Laser Radial.[7] This time, she won a silver medal after having won the medal race.[8]

In 2024, Olsson was again qualified for the Olympic sailing event and carried the Swedish flag during the opening ceremony.[9] In the Laser Radial event, she finished 17th.[10]

Achievements

As of 23 July 2021[11]

Olympics

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
20122012 Olympic GamesWeymouth and Portland,  United Kingdom18thLaser Radial class
20162016 Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro,  Brazil6thLaser Radial class
20202020 Olympic GamesTokyo,  Japan2ndLaser Radial class
20242024 Olympic GamesMarseille,  France17thLaser Radial class

World Championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
2006Europe World ChampionshipsCopenhagen, Denmark13thEurope class
2008Europe World ChampionshipsVila Real de Santo António, Portugal1stEurope class
2009Laser Radial World ChampionshipsKaratsu, Japan36thLaser Radial class
2010Laser Radial World ChampionshipsLargs, UK20thLaser Radial class
2011ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsPerth, AUS13thLaser Radial class
2012Laser Radial World ChampionshipsBoltenhagen, Germany18thLaser Radial class
2013Laser Radial World ChampionshipsRizhao, China6thLaser Radial class
2014ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsSantander, Spain2ndLaser Radial class
2015Laser Radial World ChampionshipsAl-Musannah, Oman5thLaser Radial class
2017Laser Radial World ChampionshipsMedemblik, the Netherlands28thLaser Radial class
2018Sailing World ChampionshipsAarhus, Denmark18thLaser Radial class
2019Laser Radial World ChampionshipsSakaiminato, Japan6thLaser Radial class
2020Laser Radial World ChampionshipsMelbourne, Australia6thLaser Radial class
2022Laser Radial World Championships4thLaser Radial class
2024Laser Radial World Championships9thLaser Radial class
2024J/70 World Championship75thJ/70 Open

Others

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
2009Laser European ChampionshipsCharlottenlund, Denmark9thLaser Radial class
2010Laser European ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia15thLaser Radial class
2011Laser European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland15thLaser Radial class
2013Laser European ChampionshipsDún Laoghaire, Ireland12thLaser Radial class
2014Laser European ChampionshipsSplit, Croatia4thLaser Radial class
2016Laser European ChampionshipsGran Canaria, Spain2ndLaser Radial class
2019Laser European ChampionshipsPorto, Portugal5thLaser Radial class
2020Laser European ChampionshipsGdańsk, Poland13thLaser Radial class

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josefin Olsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Josefin Olsson". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 13 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Josefin efter OS-silverbragden: "Vi kollade diskusen och tänkte: Jag vill också ha en medalj!"". August 2021.
  4. ↑ "World – women". International Europe Class Union.
  5. ↑ "Utmärkelser". Swedish Sailing Federation.
  6. ↑ "Svenskt silver i seglings-VM". Aftonbladet. 18 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sailing: OLSSON Josefin". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Segling: Josefin Olsson tar OS-silver i laser radial". Sveriges Television. August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Sport: Peder Fredricson och Josefin Olsson blir fanbärare för Sverige i OS". Sveriges Television. 25 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "OS över för blågula fanbäraren Olsson". Aftonbladet. 5 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Sailor Biography". World Sailing. Retrieved 27 September 2015. (archive)
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