Jörgen Sundelin

Jörgen Sundelin
Peter Sundelin (center) with his brothers Jörgen (left) and Ulf (right), 1972
Nationality:	Sweden
Birthday:	March 15, 1945
Place of birth:	Stockholm
Size:	181 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Society:	Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet (KSSS)
Boat classes:	5.5 meter class , kite , Soling , star boat
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × World championships 1 × 1 × 1 ×
Olympic games gold Mexico City 1968 5.5 m class World championships bronze Sandhamn 1965 Dragons silver Sandhamn 1969 5.5 m class gold Hobart 1971 Dragons

Jörgen Lars Sundelin (born March 15, 1945 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish sailor .

successes

Jörgen, Peter and Ulf Sundelin on board the 5.5-meter class

Jörgen Sundelin, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , took part in the Olympic Games three times . At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he was a member of the crew of the Swedish boat, which also consisted of Sundelin's brothers Ulf (skipper) and Peter (crew). The brothers dominated the regatta in the 5.5-meter class with five wins in a total of seven races and one result. With eight points they were clearly ahead of the Swiss boat around Louis Noverraz and the British boat Olympic champion led by Robin Aisher . Four years later , the Sundelin brothers competed in the kite class at the Games in Munich , whose sailing regattas were held at the Schilksee Olympic Center in Kiel , as the 5.5 meter class was no longer Olympic. With 67.4 points, they finished the competition in sixth place. At the 1976 Games in Montreal , Jörgen Sundelin was the skipper of the Swedish boat in the Soling class and placed ninth with his brother Peter and cousin Stefan .

The three brothers were also very successful together at world championships . In 1965 they won the bronze medal in the dragon in Sandhamn , before they succeeded in winning the silver medal in the 5.5 meter class at the same location four years later. In 1971 they became world champions in kite in Hobart .

Like his brother Peter, Jörgen also played ice hockey at Skuru IK .

Web links

Commons : Jörgen Sundelin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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