Leif Wikström
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Leif Gordon Wikström (born August 18, 1918 in Lysekil , † January 27, 1991 there ) was a Swedish sailor .
successes
Leif Wikström, who was a member of Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap , took part in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in the kite class alongside Bengt Palmquist as a crew member of Skipper Folke Bohlin . The three Swedes won three of the seven races with their boat Slaghöken II and finished the regatta with 5723 points tied with the Norwegian boat around Ole Berntsen in first place, which made them Olympic champions due to the larger number of races they won. Third place went to the British boat led by Graham Mann .
Web links
- Leif Wikström in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Leif Wikström in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Leif Wikström at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)
Olympic champion with the kite
1948: Barfod , Lie , Thorvaldsen | 1952: Barfod , Lie , Thorvaldsen | 1956: Bohlin , Palmquist , Wikström | 1960: Constantine II , Eskitzoglou , Zaimis | 1964: Berntsen , von Bülow , Poulsen | 1968: Friedrichs , Jahncke , Schreck | 1972: Anderson , Cuneo , Shaw
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| SURNAME | Wikström, Leif |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wikström, Leif Gordon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lysekil , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1991 |
| Place of death | Lysekil , Sweden |