Not so Ekström
| Anders Ekström medal table |
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 Sweden
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | Beijing 2008 | star |
| World championships | ||
| silver | Cadiz 2003 | star |
| gold | Gaeta 2004 | star |
Hans Anders Ekström (born January 16, 1981 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish sailor .
successes
Anders Ekström took part in two Olympic Games in the Star boat class with Fredrik Lööf . In 2004 they were first twelfth in Athens . Four years later in Beijing they managed to jump into the medal ranks with 53 points, but lost out against the Brazilians Bruno Prada and Robert Scheidt with the same points in the award of the silver medal, as they finished third in the final medal race ahead of the Swedes who finished tenth. Ekström and Lööf thus received the bronze medal.
At the world championships , Ekström and Lööf first won the silver medal in Cádiz in 2003 , before winning the title in Gaeta the following year . In 2002 and 2004 they were also European champions in the star boat.
Web links
- Anders Ekstrom in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Anders Ekström in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Anders Ekström at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ekström, Anders |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ekström, Hans Anders (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg , Sweden |