Jörgen Sundelin (born 15 March 1945) is a retired
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sailor
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. Together with his brothers
Peter
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and
Ulf he won a gold medal in the
5.5 metre class at the 1968 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1969 World Championships. The brothers also won the 1971 world title in the three-person keelboat (
Dragon class) and placed sixth and ninth at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, respectively.
Jörgen Sundelin
sports-reference.com Besides sailing, Jörgen and Peter also played ice hockey
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for Skuru IK
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.[Jörgen Sundelin]
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References
1945 births
Living people
Swedish male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Sweden
Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon
Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Olympic medalists in sailing
Soling class sailors
Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sailors (sport) from Stockholm
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