Karl Ossian Militz Suneson (born 30 June 1975 in

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) is a retired Swedish sailor, who specialized in the

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class. He obtained two medals in his respective category at the

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(1999 and 2002), and also represented his nation

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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Suneson trained throughout most of his sporting career for the Royal Swedish Yacht Club ( sv,

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) in

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under his personal coach and brother Wilhelm Suneson. Suneson made his official debut at the

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, where he placed fourteenth in the

class with a grade of 107, falling short from the top ten spot by a thirteen-point deficit. Two years later, Suneson reached the summit of his sailing career upon taking home the gold medal at the European Championships in

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. Two months after celebrating his first victory, Suneson sailed a marvelous stretch to add a silver in his collection at the ISAF World Championships in

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with a net score of 40, finishing behind Brazil's

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by fifteen points. At the

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, Suneson qualified for his second Swedish team in the

class by placing eleventh and obtaining a berth from the 2003 ISAF World Championships in Cadiz, Spain. Unlike his previous Olympics, Suneson had a solid feat to climb extensively in sixth place with a remarkable grade of 104 net points in the series, but faded his chance of an Olympic medal after his mediocre effort on the final race.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suneson, Karl 1975 births Living people Swedish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Sweden Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser People from Jönköping Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors Sportspeople from Jönköping County