Peter Sundelin

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Peter Sundelin
Star, Soling
ClubRoyal Swedish Yacht Club
Skuru IK
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City 5.5 m class
World championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Sandhamn 5.5 m
Gold medal – first place 1971 Hobart Dragon
European championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Medemblik
Star

Nils Peter Sundelin (born 13 January 1947) is a retired

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]

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