Tore Anton Holm (25 November 1896 – 15 November 1977) was a

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yacht designer, boatbuilder, and sailor who competed in the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

and

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

Sailing career

He started out in 1920 as a crew member on the Swedish boat ''Sif'', where he won the gold medal in the 40 m² class and eight years later he conquered the bronze medal, as a crew member on the ''Sylvia'' in the

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. In 1932 he won his second gold medal, this time being on the crew of the ''Bissbi'', in the 6 metre class. At the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936, he did not win a medal after finishing fourth in the 8 metre class competition. He finished his Olympic career in 1948 on the 6 metre class with his fourth medal, and second bronze, as part of the crew on the ''Ali Baba II''.

Yacht designer

In the early 1920s, the Holm boatyard at

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designed and built a number of boats in the Skerry Cruiser (or Square Metre Rule) Class. In the later 1920s and 1930s several more designs came to fruition built to the International or Metre Rule, particularly in the 6m, 8m and 10m classes.

Posthumous build of J-class yacht

In 2014 it was reported that a new J-Class hull, ''Svea'', was under construction at the Freddie Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw shipyard in the Netherlands to an original design by Tore Holm dating from 1937. In 2015 it was reported that outfitting would be undertaken at the Vitters Shipyard. She competed briefly in the 2017 J-Class regatta at Bermuda before her headstay furler broke. During racing in the Superyacht Challenge Antigua in 2020 she was in collision with fellow J-class competitor ''Topaz''.Svea Found at Fault in J-Class Collision with Topaz
20 March 2020 ''www.boatinternational.com'' accessed 23 June 2021

Selected list of Tore Holm yacht designs

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holm, Tore 1896 births 1977 deaths Swedish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Sweden Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 40m2 Skerry cruiser Sailors at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Sailors at the 1932 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in sailing Norrköpings Segelsällskap sailors Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors Swedish yacht designers Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics