Göran Andersson
Personal information
Full nameThore Göran Andersson
NationalitySwedish
Born(1939-10-04)4 October 1939
Lysekil, Sweden
Died18 November 2020(2020-11-18) (aged 81)
Skärhamn, Sweden
Sailing career
Class(es)Finn, OK
ClubMarstrands Segelsällskap
Medal record
OK World Championship
Gold medal – first place1965 Hayling Island OK class
Gold medal – first place1966 Veerse Meer OK class

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

Born in Lysekil, Göran Andersson represented Marstrands Segelsällskap.[1] Andersson competed in the Finn event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and finished 28th.[2] He continued to the OK class and won two OK World Championship, in 1965 and 1966.[1][3]

Andersson worked as a sailmaker, founding and running the Marinex loft in Marstrand.[1] In 2020, he was inducted to the Swedish Sailing Federation Hall of Fame as its 12th inductee.[1][4]

Andersson died on 18 November 2020 in Skärhamn.[5] His yacht club Marstrands Segelsällskap has named an OK regatta named after him, the Göran Andersson Cup.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Göran Andersson invald i Hall of Fame". Swedish Sailing Federation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Göran Andersson". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "OKDIA Results".
  4. ↑ "Juniorduon prisas efter starka säsongen". Göteborgs-Posten. 12 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Göran Andersson". Swedish Olympic Committee. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021. (in Swedish)
  6. ↑ "Marstrands Segelsällskap öppnar säsongen med Göran Andersson Cup". searchmagazine.se.
  7. ↑ "MSS hyllar ikonen – Göran Andersson cup en försmak inför sommarens VM i OK-jolle". Kungälvs-Posten. 22 April 2022.


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