Max Salminen (born 22 September 1988) is a Swedish competitive sailor. He was born in

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

. He competed at the

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in London, winning the star class together with

Fredrik Lööf Max Emil Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Summer Olympics, winning one gold and two bronze medals. He won the gold medal in Star with Max Salminen at the ...

. In 2016, he competed in the men's Finn at the

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where he finished in 6th place. He has qualified to represent Sweden at the

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in the men's Finn.

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* 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Lund Swedish male sailors (sport) Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic sailors of Sweden Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic medalists in sailing Finn class sailors Laser class sailors Swedish people of Finnish descent Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn {{Sweden-yachtracing-bio-stub