Erik Mellbin

Erik Mellbin
Erik Mellbin, 1920
Nationality:	Sweden
Birthday:	June 30, 1901
Place of birth:	Gothenburg , Sweden
Date of death:	October 30, 1955
Place of death:	Gothenburg , Sweden
Society:	Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap (GKSS)
Boat classes:	40 m² skerry cruiser
Medal table
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Olympic games silver Antwerp 1920 40 m² class

Erik Hugo Mellbin (born June 30, 1901 in Gothenburg ; † October 30, 1955 there ) was a Swedish sailor .

40 m² skerry cruiser

successes

Erik Mellbin that for the Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap ( German  Royal Gothenburg Sailing Society ) sailed secured in 1920 in Antwerp at the Olympic Games in the 40-m-class silver medal. He was alongside Percy Almstedt and Ragnar Svensson under skipper Gustaf Svensson crew member of Elsie , one of two boats of his class in the competition.

Both yachts came from Sweden, between which there was no real competition on the water. The regatta consisted of three races. In the first, both participating yachts Sif and Elsie were disqualified because they had not sailed the correct course. In the second race, Sif won because Elsie had problems with her rigging and could not finish the race. Elsie could not fix these problems until the third race and therefore could not start. So Sif sailed the course alone and won the gold medal.

Web links

• Erik Mellbin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Erik Mellbin at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sailing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Mixed 40 m² - Summary in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on July 17, 2020.