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Nickname(s) | Frida [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Berlin, West Germany | 25 June 1983||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class(es) | Keelboat | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Norddeutscher Regatta Verein [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Alan Smith [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frithjof Kleen (born 25 June 1983 in Berlin) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (Star) class. [1] [2] He represented Germany, along with his partner Robert Stanjek in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also captured a silver medal at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia. [3] Kleen has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta (German : Norddeutscher Regatta Verein) in Hamburg under his personal coach Alan Smith. [1] [4]
Kleen qualified as a crew member for the German squad in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing second and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. [3] [5] Teaming with his partner Robert Stanjek in the opening series, the German duo recorded a net score of 70 points throughout the entire race, but came up short for the medal podium with a satisfying sixth position against a fleet of sixteen boats. [6] [7]
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