Rolf Steffenburg

Rolf Steffenburg
The crew of the Kullan (assignment of persons unknown)
Nationality:	Sweden
Birthday:	March 14, 1886
Place of birth:	Gävle
Date of death:	March 18, 1982
Place of death:	Stockholm
Society:	Kullavik's KKK (KKKK)
Boat classes:	30 m² skerry cruiser
Medal table
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Olympic games gold Antwerp 1920 30 m² class

Rolf Steffenburg (born March 14, 1886 in Gävle , † March 18, 1982 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish sailor and banker.

30 m² class

successes

Rolf Steffen Castle, for the kanot Kullaviks och kappsegling klubb ( Kullaviks KKK ) sailed, was in 1920 in Antwerp at the Olympic Games in the 30-m-class Olympic champion . Alongside Gösta Bengtsson, he was a member of the crew of the Kullan , which was the only boat in its class to participate. Steffenburg, Bengtsson and skipper Gösta Lundquist sufficed in three races to reach the goal to win the gold medal.

Rolf Steffenburg graduated from the University of Karlstad in 1906 with the academic degree Diplom. He then worked at various banks in Gothenburg and Stockholm. In 1943 Steffenburg was appointed director of Svenska Handelsbanken . He was also an excellent canoe sailor .

Web links

Commons : Rolf Steffenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rolf Steffenburg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Rolf Steffenburg at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)