Gustaf Svensson

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Gustaf Svensson sailing
Nationality: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: March 17, 1882
Place of birth: Varberg , SwedenSwedenSweden 
Date of death: July 13, 1950
Place of death: Västerås , SwedenSwedenSweden 
Society: Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap (GKSS)
Boat classes: 40 m² skerry cruiser
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Antwerp 1920 40 m² class

Gustaf Arthur Leopold Svensson (born March 17, 1882 in Varberg , † July 13, 1950 in Västerås ) was a Swedish sailor .

40 m² skerry cruiser

successes

Gustaf Svensson, who 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 the skipper of Elsie , one of two boats in its class in the competition, whose crew included Erik Mellbin , Percy Almstedt and Ragnar Svensson .

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

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.
personal data
SURNAME Svensson, Gustaf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Svensson, Gustaf Arthur Leopold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Varberg , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1950
Place of death Västerås , Sweden