Peter Sundelin

Peter Sundelin
Peter Sundelin (center) with his brothers Jörgen (left) and Ulf (right), 1972
Nationality:	Sweden
Birthday:	January 13, 1947
Place of birth:	Nacka
Size:	191 cm
Weight:	97 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

Peter Nils Sundelin (born January 13, 1947 in Nacka ) is a former Swedish sailor .

successes

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

Peter Sundelin, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet (KSSS, German  Royal Swedish Sailing Society ) took part in the Olympic Games four times . At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he and his brother Jörgen were crew members of the Swedish boat, the skipper of which was his other brother Ulf . 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 . 1980 was Peter Sundelin at the Games in Moscow , the regatta in Tallinn took place in the Star boat eventually even skipper. With Håkan Lindström , however, he missed another medal win in fourth.

The Sundelins were also very successful 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 Jörgen, Peter also played ice hockey at Skuru IK .

Web links

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

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