Per Gedda

Per Gedda

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Sweden

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Boat classes:

Dragons , 8 meter class

Medal table

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Olympic games
silver	Helsinki 1952	Dragons

Per Olof Harald Gedda (born August 28, 1914 in Gothenburg , † July 4, 2005 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Per Gedda, who was a member of Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet and Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap , took part in two Olympic Games . In 1936 he made his debut at the games in Berlin in the 8-meter class when he was fourth as a crew member of Tore Holm with the Ilderim and narrowly missed the medals. He started in the kite boat class 16 years later at the Olympic Games in Helsinki . He was the skipper of the Tornado , whose crew consisted of Sidney Boldt-Christmas and Erland Almkvist . They won one of the total of seven races and finished second with 5555 points behind Thor Thorvaldsen's Pan from Norway and ahead of Theodor Thomsens Gustel X from Germany, with which they received the silver medal.

His uncle Erik Wallerius became Olympic champion in the 10-meter class in 1912 .

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

personal data
SURNAME	Gedda, Per
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gedda, Per Olof Harald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gothenburg , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	4th July 2005
Place of death	Stockholm , Sweden