Fredrik Lööf in 2013.
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Full name | Max Emil Fredrik Lööf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kristinehamn, Sweden |
13 December 1969 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | Finn, Star | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kristinehamns Kanotseglare, Royal Swedish Yacht Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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 World Championships 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. He continued in the class together with Ekström and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.