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Full name | Josefin Anna Louise Olsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nyköping, Sweden | 23 August 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | ILCA 6, Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josefin Anna Louise Olsson (born 23 August 1989) is a Swedish sports sailor. [1] [2]
From Nyköping, Olsson stated sailing in Oxelösunds Segelsällskap. [3] She won the 2008 Europe World Championships in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal ahead of Danish Anne-Marie Rindom and Anette Viborg Andreasen. [4] In 2008, she was awarded the Halvan trophy for best position by a youth Swedish sailor by the Swedish Sailing Federation. [5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 18th place. She competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 6th place. [2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in Laser Radial. [6] This time, she won a silver medal after having won the medal race. [7]
In 2024, Olsson was again qualified for the Olympic sailing event and carried the Swedish flag during the opening ceremony. [8] In the Laser Radial event, she finished 17th. [9]