Carl-Erik Ohlson

Carl-Erik Ohlson
Carl-Erik Ohlson (approx. 1952)
Nationality:	Sweden
Birthday:	September 23, 1920
Place of birth:	Halleviksstrand
Date of death:	December 24, 2015
Place of death:	Gothenburg
Society:	Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap
Boat classes:	5.5 m class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Helsinki 1952 5.5 m class

Carl-Erik Ohlson (born September 23, 1920 in Hälleviksstrand , Orust , † December 24, 2015 in Gothenburg ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Carl-Erik Ohlson, who was a member of Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap , took part in the 5.5 m class at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki . Besides Magnus Wassén, he was a crew member of the Hojwa , whose skipper Wasséns brother Folke Wassén acted as the skipper . Although they won two of the total of seven races, they missed the top due to weaker results in the other races and took third place with 4554 points behind Britton Chances Complex II from the United States and Peder Lundes Encore from Norway, with which they received the bronze medal.

Like his older brother Einar, Ohlson was a successful shipbuilder . They designed and built the yacht Rush V , with Lars Thörn at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in the 5.5 meter class Olympic champion was.

Web links

Commons : Carl-Erik Ohlson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Carl-Erik Ohlson in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Carl-Erik Ohlson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Carl-Erik Ohlson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)