Max Emil Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in

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, Sweden) is a

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professional sailor who has participated in six Summer Olympics, winning one gold and two bronze medals. He won the gold medal in Star with

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the bronze medals in Finn in the

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and with Anders Ekström in Star in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Fredrik Lööf was born in

close to

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on 13 December 1969. He started sailing the Optimist and started racing in the Optimist class at age eight and then continued to the

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and OK classes. In 1988, Lööf started sailing Finn to qualify for the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He finished fifth in Finn in the

and the

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. In 2000, he won a bronze medal at the

. In addition he won three

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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. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Lööf sailed together with

in the Star class, the team was created and coached by Italian Michele Marchesini. The team were making good results and on the day of the Medal race, the three medallist boats were decided with the Lööf/Salminen crew as potential bronze medallists. In the decisive race Lööf and Salminen made a good effort, while the other boats helmed by Iain Percy and

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were guarding each other. As winners of the Medal race, the Swedish team moved to the first place in the result list and became Olympic champions in the Star class. Lööf was among the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers, holding the Swedish flag. 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.

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