Arvid Laurentius Laurin (3 October 1901 – 6 May 1998) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

. He was a crew member of the boat ''Sunshine'' that won the silver medal in the Star class at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

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1901 births 1998 deaths Swedish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Sweden Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in sailing Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-yachtracing-bio-stub