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Full name | Erik Rickard Sarby | ||||||||||||
Born | 19 September 1912 Dannemora, Sweden |
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Died | 10 February 1977 (aged 64) Uppsala, Sweden |
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Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||
Club | Uppsala KF | ||||||||||||
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Erik Rickard Sarby (19 September 1912 – 10 February 1977) was a Swedish sailor. He competed in the mixed one-person dinghy event at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and finished in fourth, third and fifth place, respectively.
Born in a village near Uppasala, Sarby moved to the main city in the 1930s. There he worked as a hairdresser and sailed in free time. He later became a boat designer.