Josefin Olsson
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| Full name | Josefin Anna Louise Olsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 August 1989 Nyköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Royal Swedish Yacht Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josefin Anna Louise Olsson (born 23 August 1989) is a Swedish sailor primarily focusing on single-handed dinghies, who won a silver medal in the Laser Radial event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and also holds a silver medal from the Laser Radial World Championship and a World champion title from the Europe class.
Career
Josefin Anna Louise Olsson was born 23 August 1989 in Saint Nicholas parish in Nyköping, Sweden.[1][2] She started sailing in Oxelösunds Segelsällskap in nearby Oxelösund.[3] She won the 2008 Europe World Championships in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal, ahead of Danish Anne-Marie Rindom and Anette Viborg Andreasen.[4] In 2008, she was awarded the Halvan trophy for best position by a youth Swedish sailor by the Swedish Sailing Federation.[5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 18th place.[1] Olsson continued sailing the Laser Radial for the next Olympic cycle, and in September 2014, she won a silver medal at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, behind Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands.[6]
She competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in sixth place.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in Laser Radial.[7] This time, she won a silver medal after having won the medal race.[8]
In 2024, Olsson was again qualified for the Olympic sailing event and carried the Swedish flag during the opening ceremony.[9] In the Laser Radial event, she finished 17th.[10]
Achievements
- As of 23 July 2021[11]
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josefin Olsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Josefin Olsson". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Josefin efter OS-silverbragden: "Vi kollade diskusen och tänkte: Jag vill också ha en medalj!"". August 2021.
- ^ "World – women". International Europe Class Union.
- ^ "Utmärkelser". Swedish Sailing Federation.
- ^ "Svenskt silver i seglings-VM". Aftonbladet. 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Sailing: OLSSON Josefin". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Segling: Josefin Olsson tar OS-silver i laser radial". Sveriges Television. August 2021.
- ^ "Sport: Peder Fredricson och Josefin Olsson blir fanbärare för Sverige i OS". Sveriges Television. 25 July 2024.
- ^ "OS över för blågula fanbäraren Olsson". Aftonbladet. 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Sailor Biography". World Sailing. Retrieved 27 September 2015. (archive)
External links
- Josefin Olsson at World Sailing (archived, alternate link)
- Josefin Olsson at Olympics.com
- Josefin Olsson at Olympedia
- Josefin Olsson at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)