Thomas Johanson (born 3 June 1969 in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

) is a Finnish

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and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 49er Class with

Jyrki Järvi Jyrki Heikki Järvi (born 7 February 1966, in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. Nicknamed "JJ", Järvi won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Thomas Johanson at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capit ...

at the

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. In 2008–2009, he was a crew member on yacht Ericsson 3 and in 2011–12 on yacht PUMA Ocean Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race.

Results

*1983 25th, Optimist World Championship. Rio de Janeiro *1984 4th, Optimist World Championship.

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*1986-1990 Top six in every International Europe dinghy regatta. *1991 1st, Open European Championship, Laser class. El Masnou, Spain *1992 1st, Open European Championship, Laser class. Mariestad, Sweden *1993 1st, World Championship, Laser class. Takapuna, New Zealand *1994 4th, World Championship, Laser class. Japan *1996 8th, Olympic Games, Laser class. Atlanta *1999 3rd, 49er World Championship. Chile *2000 1st, Olympic Games, 49er class. Sydney *2004 8th, Olympic Games, 49er class. Athens

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* 1969 births Living people 49er class world champions Laser class world champions Finnish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 49er Olympic sailors for Finland Olympic gold medalists for Finland Swedish-speaking Finns Sailors (sport) from Helsinki Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volvo Ocean Race sailors World champions in sailing for Finland {{Finland-yachtracing-bio-stub