Max Salminen

Max Salminen
Salminen in 2012
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 36)
Lund, Sweden
Height197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Finn, Laser, Star
ClubRoyal Swedish Yacht Club
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Star class
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Balatonföldvár Finn class

Max Salminen (born 22 September 1988) is a Swedish competitive sailor. He was born in Lund. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,[1] winning the star class together with Fredrik Lööf.

In 2016, he competed in the men's Finn at the Rio Olympics[2] where he finished in 6th place.

He has qualified to represent Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's Finn.

Achievements

As of 27 September 2015[3]
Year Competition Venue Position Event
2009 Laser World Championships Halifax, Canada 81st Laser class
2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth, Australia 5th Star class
2012 Star World Championship Hyères, France 5th Star class
Olympic Games Weymouth and Portland, UK 1st Star class
2013 Finn Gold Cup Tallinn, Estonia 44th Finn class
2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships Santander, Spain 10th Finn class

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Max Salminen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Results - Finn Men - Sailing - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Sailor Biography". Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Sweden
(with Sara Algotsson Ostholt)
Tokyo 2020 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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