Peter Sundelin
Appearance
![]() Peter (left), Jörgen and Ulf in 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nils Peter Sundelin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Nacka, Sweden | 13 January 1947|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class(es) | 5.5 metre, Dragon, Star, Soling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Royal Swedish Yacht Club Skuru IK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nils Peter Sundelin (born 13 January 1947) is a retired Swedish sailor. Together with his elder brothers Jörgen 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.[1]
Peter was the strongest physically among the Sundelin brothers.[2] In the 1980s, he competed with different partners in the two-person keelboat at the 1980 Olympics and world championships. Besides sailing he played ice hockey for Skuru IK.[2]
References
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- ^ Peter Sundelin. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Peter Sundelin. Swedish Olympic Committee
Categories:
- 1947 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
- Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Star
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Soling class sailors
- Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish yacht racing biography stubs