Fredrik Lööf

Fredrik Lööf

Fredrik Lööf in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Max Emil Fredrik Lööf
Nationality	Sweden
Born	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]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
1987	OK World Championships	Luleå, Sweden	4th	Finn class
1990	Finn Gold Cup	Porto Carras, Greece	12th	Finn class
1991	Finn Gold Cup	Kingston, Canada	4th	Finn class
1992	Finn Gold Cup	Cadiz, 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 Championships	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 Championships	Medemblik, Netherlands	1st	Star class
2002	Star World Championships	Marina del Rey, USA	14th	Star class
2003	ISAF Sailing World Championships	Cadiz, Spain	2nd	Star class
2004	Star World Championships	Gaeta, Italy	1st	Star class
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	12th	Star class
2005	Star World Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4th	Star class
2005	Etchells World Championships	San Francisco, USA	18th	Etchells class
2006	Star World Championships	San Francisco, USA	5th	Star class
2007	Melges 24 World Championships	Santa Cruz, USA	17th	Melges 24 class
	ISAF Sailing World Championships	Cascais, Portugal	8th	Star class
2008	Star World Championships	Miami, USA	11th	Star class
	Olympic Games	Qingdao, China	3rd	Star class
2009	Star World Championships	Varberg, Sweden	6th	Star class
	Melges 32 World Championships	Porto Cervo, Italy	10th	Melges 32 class
2010	Star World Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	Star class
2011	ISAF Sailing World Championships	Perth, Australia	5th	Star class
2012	Star World Championships	Hyères, France	5th	Star class
	Olympic Games	Weymouth and Portland, UK	1st	Star class

References

1. "OS-guld till Lööf och Salminen – OS". SVT.se. 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. "Fredrik Lööf" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. 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. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
8. https://members.sailing.org/sailors/biog.php?memberid=45619

External links

• Fredrik Loof at World Sailing