Hans Wallén

Hans Wallén medal table
sailing
Sweden
Olympic games
silver	Atlanta 1996	star
Sailing world championships
gold	Skovshoved 1978	Europe
bronze	Helsinki 1980	Europe
silver	Kiel 1993	star
gold	Damp 1997	12 m class
gold	Sandhamn 1999	12 m class
bronze	Murcia 2000	Soling
bronze	Melbourne 2001	12 m class

Hans Carl Johan Wallén (born January 19, 1961 in Uppsala ) is a former Swedish sailor .

successes

Hans Wallén, who was a member of Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap , took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996 with Bobby Lohse in the Star boat class . In 1992 they finished the regatta with 65 points in fifth place. With 29 points they finished four years later behind the Olympic champions from Brazil, Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira , and in front of the Australians Colin Beashel and David Giles , with which they won the silver medal. In between, they also secured silver in the Starboot at the 1993 World Cup in Kiel . At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 Wallén was the skipper of the Swedish boat in Soling and was eliminated in the second round of the match race .

Wallén won numerous other medals at world championships: In 1978 he was the Europe World Champion in Skovshoved and secured bronze in this boat class two years later in Helsinki . In the 12-meter class, further titles followed in Damp in 1997 and Sandhamn in 1999 , followed by winning the bronze medal in Soling in Murcia in 2000 and in Melbourne in 2001 in the 12-meter boat.

Web links

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