Ragnar Svensson (sailor)

Ragnar Svensson

Ragnar Svensson (before 1935)

Nationality:

Sweden

Birthday:

December 31, 1882

Place of birth:

Gothenburg , Sweden

Date of death:

5th June 1959

Place of death:

Öckerö , Sweden

Society:

Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap (GKSS)

Boat classes:

40 m² skerry cruiser

Medal table

Olympic games

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Olympic games
silver	Antwerp 1920	40 m² class

Ragnar Ossian Svensson (born December 31, 1882 in Gothenburg , † June 5, 1959 in Öckerö ) was a Swedish sailor and architect .

40 m² skerry cruiser

successes

Ragnar Svensson, who for the Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap ( German Royal Gothenburg Sailing Society ) sailed secured in 1920 in Antwerp at the Olympic Games in the 40-m-class silver medal. Alongside Percy Almstedt and Erik Mellbin, under skipper Gustaf Svensson, he was a crew member of Elsie , one of two boats of his class in the competition.

Both yachts came from Sweden, between which there was no real competition on the water. The regatta consisted of three races. In the first, both participating yachts Sif and Elsie were disqualified because they had not sailed the correct course. In the second race, Sif won because Elsie had problems with her rigging and could not finish the race. Elsie could not fix these problems until the third race and therefore could not start. So Sif sailed the course alone and won the gold medal.

From 1904 to 1907 Svensson studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm . He then worked as an architect in his native Gothenburg, where he constructed numerous buildings.

Web links

Commons : Ragnar Svensson - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ragnar Svensson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Ragnar Svensson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)
Ragnar Svensson at kulturnav.org (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Sailing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Mixed 40 m² - Summary in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on July 17, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Svensson, Ragnar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Svensson, Ragnar Ossian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish sailor and architect
DATE OF BIRTH	December 31, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gothenburg , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	5th June 1959
Place of death	Öckerö , Sweden

[1] Sailing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Mixed 40 m² - Summary in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on July 17, 2020.