Thore Göran Andersson (4 October 1939 – 18 November 2020) was a Swedish Olympic

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and sailmaker. Born in

Lysekil Lysekil () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lysekil Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 7,600 inhabitants in 2018. Situated on the south tip of Stångenäs peninsula at the mouth of Gullmarn fjord, it ...

, Göran Andersson represented Marstrands Segelsällskap. Andersson competed in the Finn event at the

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and finished 28th. He continued to the OK class and won two OK World Championship, in 1965 and 1966. Andersson worked as a sailmaker, founding and running the Marinex loft in Marstrand. In 2020, he was inducted to the

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Hall of Fame as its 12th inductee. Andersson died on 18 November 2020 in

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. His yacht club Marstrands Segelsällskap has named an OK regatta named after him, the Göran Andersson Cup.

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* 1939 births 2020 deaths Swedish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Sweden Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Finn People from Lysekil Municipality Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County OK class world champions 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-yachtracing-bio-stub