Vilma Bobeck

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Vilma Bobeck
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 27)
Nacka, Sweden
Sport
Sport Sailing
Sailing career
Class 49er FX
Club Royal Swedish Yacht Club
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris 49er FX
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 The Hague 49er FX
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Arendal Europe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Halifax 49er FX
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Lanzarote 49er FX
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Weymouth 49er FX

Vilma Bobeck (born 5 January 1998) is a Swedish sailor. [1] She competed in the 49er FX event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal in the women's 49er FX event together with Rebecca Netzler.

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Career

Raised in Saltsjö-Boo, Bobeck started sailing in Boo Segelsällskap before switching to the Royal Swedish Yacht Club. [2] Sailing the Europe dinghy, Bobeck won a silver medal after Anna Livbjerg at the 2015 Europe World Championships in Arendal, Norway. [3] Bobeck studied at the sailing riksidrottsgymnasium in Motala. [4]

Bobeck continued to the 49er FX, sailing together with Malin Tengström, and won the 2018 U23 World Championships in Marseille. [5] The duo then placed third at the 2019 European championship in the class. [4] Not qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Bobeck finished her career. [6]

In 2022, Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler coupled to sail in the 49er FX class. [7] In their first world championship in 2022, the duo won a silver medal. [8] In August 2023, Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler won the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague. [9] In the following world championship in Lanzarote, the team didn't manage to the defend their title, and instead took a silver medal. [10]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, the duo took a silver medal in the 49er FX event. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Vilma Bobeck". International Olympic Committee.
  2. ↑ Carlson, Jalmar (6 September 2022). "VM-silver till Vilma från Boo". Nacka Värmdö Posten.
  3. ↑ Lykke, Troels (27 July 2015). "Europajolle-VM: Guld til Livbjerg, sølv og bronze til Munch". minbaad.dk.
  4. 1 2 Augustsson, Thomas (21 May 2019). "EM-brons inspirerar kompisarna". Motala & Vadstena Tidning.
  5. ↑ Allerstedt, Lars. "Malin och Vilma är rivierans guldtjejer". Mitt i Stockholm.
  6. ↑ "Silvermedaljörerna inledde OS-satsningen i hemlighet: "Ett jättekonstigt samtal"". Dagens Nyheter. 2 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Fem seglare i den första OS-uttagningen inför Paris". Swedish Sailing Federation.
  8. ↑ "Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (NED) win 49erFX World Championship". International 49er Class Association. 5 September 2022.
  9. ↑ TT (16 August 2023). "VM-guld till svenska seglarduon". Aftonbladet.
  10. ↑ "Segling: VM-silver till Sverige – trots olycklig simtur". svt.se. 10 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Segling: OS-silver till svenska duon Vilma Bobeck/Rebecca Netzler: "Lite tom av all anspänning"". svt.se. 2 August 2024.


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