Torsten Lord, who sailed for the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , took part in three Olympic Games in the 6-meter class . In 1936 he sailed at the Games in Berlin under Sven Salén on the May Be and scored 62 total points with two wins in seven races. The May Be , of which the rest of the crew consisted of Lennart Ekdahl , Martin Hindorff and Dagmar Salén , finished the regatta taking place in the Olympic harbor in Düsternbrook in Kiel in third place behind Great Britain and Norway. Lord also won bronze at the Olympic Games in London in 1948 . With the Ali-Baba II he secured third place behind the US and Argentine boats together with skipper Tore Holm and Karl-Robert Ameln , Martin Hindorff and Gösta Salén . In 1952 he sailed again under Sven Salén on the May Be VII , but this time just missed another medal win as fourth. With 3773 points, the Swedish boat was only 171 points behind the third-placed Finns on the Ralia .
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Torsten Lord in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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