Stubborn Stork

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Stubborn Stork sailing

Stubborn Stork
Sture Stork (ca.1960)

Nationality: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: July 25, 1930
Place of birth: Saltsjöbaden
Date of death: March 27, 2002
Place of death: Trångsund
Size: 178 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Society: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet (KSSS)
Boat classes: 5.5 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Melbourne 1956 5.5 m class
silver Tokyo 1964 5.5 m class

Sture Henrik Stork (born July 25, 1930 in Saltsjöbaden , † March 27, 2002 in Trångsund ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Sture Stork, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , took part in two Olympic Games in the 5.5 meter class . At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 he was alongside Hjalmar Karlsson crew member of skipper Lars Thörn . The three Swedes won three of the seven races with the Rush V and were Olympic champions with 5527 points ahead of the American boat around Robert Perry and the Australian boat led by Jock Sturrock . He also participated in his second Olympic participation in Tokyo in 1964 as a crew member of Lars Thörn, this time alongside Arne Karlsson , Hjalmar Karlsson's son. With the Rush VII , after two first and four fourth places, they only had to admit defeat to Barrenjoey from Australia, controlled by Bill Northam , and thus won the silver medal in front of the American bingo by skipper John McNamara .

Stork was a civil engineer and worked for Atlas Copco , including as a production manager in Brazil .

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personal data
SURNAME Stork, stubborn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stork, Sture Henrik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Saltsjöbaden , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2002
Place of death Trångsund , Sweden