Knut Mauritz Frostad (born 4 June 1967 in

Harstad ( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the Harstad (town), town of Harstad, the most populous town in Centra ...

, Norway) is a Norwegian

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, who has participated in a broad range of world championship level

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events, including the

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and the

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, the latter in

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. He is currently CEO of Navico, one of the largest manufacturers of marine electronics for the consumer market. Formerly he was the CEO of Volvo Ocean Race. In total, he has twice participated in the Olympic Games (

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and

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) and four times the

; twice as skipper. In 2004, he won the Scandinavian Nokia Oops Cup and, in 2005, he finished second. He has a business background in management, director and advisor positions with international companies. He is a recognised motivational speaker as well, and used the race

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''Academy'' for company team building and leadership training.

Volvo Ocean Race

His first participation in 1993-94 VOR was in the Swedish ''

Intrum Justitia ''Intrum Justitia'' is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished second in the W60 class of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith Lawrie is a (patronymic or paternal) family name of Scottish origin which means "crafty ...

'' which finished second. In the 1997-98 VOR he was skipper and project founder/director at the Norwegian '' Innovation Kværner'' and in the 2001-02 VOR in the Norwegian ''

Djuice Dragons ''Djuice Dragons'' is a Norwegian Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She competed in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race and finished sixth, skippered by Knut Frostad Knut Mauritz Frostad (born 4 June 1967 in Harstad, Norway) is a Norwegian yachtsman, who has p ...

''. In the 2005-06 VOR he was watchplan captain on

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legs in the Brazilian ''Brasil 1''. He was the

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for the 2008–09 and the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race, and has returned as the CEO for the 2014-2015 race. For the 2014-2015 race he has led the transformation of the race from an open class rule to a strict one-design class boat race.

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* * * 1967 births Living people People from Harstad Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Norway Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Volvo Ocean Race sailors Sportspeople from Troms og Finnmark {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub