Magnus Liljedahl
American sailor
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | March 6, 1954 (1954-03-06) (age 70) Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (187 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 249 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Class(es) | Star, Finn | ||||||||||||||
Club | Coral Reef Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Magnus Liljedahl (born March 6, 1954, in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he received a gold medal in the star class, together with Mark Reynolds.[1][2]
Magnus Liljedahl currently runs a non-profit organization devoted to paralympic and Youth sailing named Team Paradise.
See also
- World Fit
References
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Magnus Liljedahl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
External links
- Team Paradise Homepage
- Magnus Liljedahl at World Sailing
- Magnus Liljedahl at Olympics.com
- Magnus Liljedahl at Olympedia
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- 1994: Blake & Knox-Johnston
- 1995: Coutts
- 1996: Schümann
- 1997: Goss
- 1998: Ainslie
- 1999: Kusznierewicz
- 2000: Reynolds & Liljedahl
- 2001: Scheidt
- 2002: Ainslie
- 2003: Coutts
- 2004: Scheidt
- 2005: Echavarri & Paz
- 2006: Sanderson
- 2007: Baird
- 2008: Ainslie
- 2009: Grael
- 2010: Slingsby
- 2011: Martínez de Lizarduy & Fernández
- 2012: Ainslie
- 2013: Belcher
- 2014: Spithill
- 2015: Burling & Tuke
- 2016: Lange
- 2017: Burling
- 2018: Kontides
- 2019: Gradoni
- 2020: not assigned
- 2021: Slingsby
- 2022: Tita
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