Gosta Brodin

Gosta Brodin
Nationality:	Sweden
Birthday:	February 15, 1908
Place of birth:	Gothenburg
Date of death:	June 18, 1979
Place of death:	Gothenburg
Society:	Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap (GKSS)
Boat classes:	Dragons
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Olympic games silver London 1948 Dragons

Frans Gösta Brodin (born February 15, 1908 in Gothenburg , † June 18, 1979 there ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Gösta Brodin, who sailed for Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap , took part in the kite boat class at the 1948 Olympic Games in London . Besides Hugo Johnson, he was a crew member of the Slaghoken , skippered by Folke Bohlin . In a total of seven races, the Slaghoken secured a victory and was among other things second three times, so that they finished the regatta taking place in Torquay in second place with 4621 total points, giving the Swedes the silver medal behind the Pan by Thor Thorvaldsen from Norway and before the Snap received from William Berntsen from Denmark.

Web links

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