Jörgen Sundelin
Appearance
![]() Peter, Jörgen (center) and Ulf in 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lars Jörgen Sundelin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 15 March 1945||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Class(es) | 5.5 metre, Dragon, Star | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Royal Swedish Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jörgen Sundelin (born 15 March 1945) is a retired Swedish sailor. Together with his brothers Peter and Ulf he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class at the 1968 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1969 World Championships. The brothers also won the 1971 world title in the three-person keelboat (Dragon class) and placed sixth and ninth at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, respectively.[1] Besides sailing, Jörgen and Peter also played ice hockey for Skuru IK.[2]
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- ^ Jörgen Sundelin. Swedish Olympic Committee
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Swedish male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Sweden
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
- Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Soling class sailors
- Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sailors (sport) from Stockholm
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish yacht racing biography stubs