Fredrik Lööf

Max Emil Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Summer Olympics, winning one gold and two bronze medals. He won the gold medal in Star with Max Salminen at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the bronze medals in Finn in the 2000 Summer Olympics and with Anders Ekström in Star in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Biography Fredrik Lööf was born in Kristinehamn close to Vänern on 13 December 1969. He started sailing the Optimist and started racing in the Optimist class at age eight and then continued to the Europe and OK classes.

In 1988, Lööf started sailing Finn to qualify for the 1992 Summer Olympics. He finished fifth in Finn in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2000, he won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In addition he won three Finn Gold Cup and finished on the podium another four times.

After the 2000 Olympics, he moved on to the Star class. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he finished 12th with Anders Ekström in Star.

Lööf has also won two World Championships in Star, in 2001 and 2004, and finished second once, in 2003. He has won the European Championships in Star three times, and finished on the podium another three times.

In 2001–02, he was a crewmember on yacht AMER SPORTS ONE and in 2005–06 on yacht Pirates of the Caribbean in the Volvo Ocean Race.

Sailing Results

Olympic Games Year Venue Pos. Class 1992 Barcelona, ESP 5th Finn class 1996 Savannah, Georgia, USA 5th Finn class 2000 Sydney, AUS 3rd Finn class 2004 Athens, GRE 12th Star class 2008 Qingdao, CHN 3rd Star class 2012 Weymouth and Portland, GBR 1st Star class

World Championships 1987 OK World Championship Luleå, Sweden 4th OK Dinghy 1990 Finn Gold Cup Porto Carras, Greece 12th Finn 1991 Finn Gold Cup Kingston, Canada 4th Finn 1992 Finn Gold Cup Cádiz, Spain 18th Finn 1993 Finn Gold Cup Bangor, UK 2nd Finn 1994 Finn Gold Cup Tallinn, Estonia 1st Finn 1995 Finn Gold Cup Melbourne, Australia 2nd Finn 1996 Finn Gold Cup La Rochelle, France 3rd Finn 1997 6 Metre World Cup Cannes, France 10th 6 Metre Finn Gold Cup Gdańsk, Poland 1st Finn 1998 Finn Gold Cup Athens, Greece 2nd Finn 1999 Finn Gold Cup Melbourne, Australia 1st Finn 2000 Finn Gold Cup Weymouth, UK 8th Finn 2001 Star World Championship Medemblik, Netherlands 1st Star 2002 Star World Championship Marina del Rey, USA 14th Star 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships Cádiz, Spain 2nd Star 2004 Star World Championship Gaeta, Italy 1st Star 2005 Star World Championship Buenos Aires, Argentina 4th Star 2005 Etchells World Championship San Francisco, USA 18th Etchells 2006 Star World Championship San Francisco, USA 5th Star 2007 Melges 24 World Championship Santa Cruz, USA 17th Melges 24 ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, Portugal 8th Star 2008 Star World Championship Miami, USA 11th Star 2009 Star World Championship Varberg, Sweden 6th Star Melges 32 World Championship Porto Cervo, Italy 10th Melges 32 2010 Star World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th Star 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth, Australia 5th Star 2012 Star World Championship Hyères, France 5th Star