Folke Johnson

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Folke Johnson sailing
Nationality: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: June 15, 1887
Place of birth: Stockholm
Date of death: February 20, 1962
Place of death: Stockholm
Society: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet
Boat classes: 12 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Stockholm 1912 12 meter class

Folke Johnson (born June 15, 1887 in Stockholm , † February 20, 1962 there ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Folke Johnson, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , won the silver medal in the 12-meter class at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 . He was a crew member of the Erna Signe , which took second place in both races of the regatta and thus ended the competition behind the Norwegian boat Magda IX from skipper Johan Anker and ahead of the Finnish boat Heatherbell from skipper Ernst Krogius . The Erna Signe crew also included Hugo Clason , Iwan Lamby , Hugo Sällström , Sigurd Kander , Erik Lindqvist , Dick Bergström , Kurt Bergström and Per Bergman . The skipper of the boat was Nils Persson .

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personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Folke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1962
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden