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Max Salminen

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Max Salminen
Salminen in 2012
Personal information
Born (1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 37)
Lund, Sweden
Height197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sailing career
Classes
Club
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Star class
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Balatonföldvár Finn class

Max Salminen (born 22 September 1988) is a Swedish competitive sailor and the 2012 Olympic champion in the Star class together with Fredrik Lööf.

Biography

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Salminen was born in Lund, Sweden, on 22 September 1988,[1] and started sailing in Segelsällskapet Pinhättan in Barsebäckshamn.[2] For upper secondary school, he attended Katedralskolan in Lund.[3][4] In 2010, Salminen joined Fredrik Lööf for an Olympic campaign in the Star class.[5] Before the 2012 Summer Olympics, he relocated to Lake Garda in Italy to practice with Lööf.[6] At the time, Salminen represented the Royal Swedish Yacht Club.[1]

The duo competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning the Star event.[7] The Swedish duo had secured a medal before the medal race but were sitting twelve points, or six places in the double-scoring race, behind Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson of Great Britain, but by winning the race while Great Britain only finished eighth after having lost their fifth place in the race over the last leg.[8]

After the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Star left the Olympic programme, Lööf engaged in Artemis Racing and the America's Cup, and Salminen switched to the Finn dinghy.[9] Representing the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club,[1] he was selected to represent Sweden in the men's Finn event at the Rio Olympics, where he finished in sixth place.[10] Salminen then won the 2017 Finn Gold Cup in Balatonföldvár, Hungary, and was crowned World champion ahead of Jonathan Lobert of France och Nicholas Heiner of the Netherlands.[11]

He qualified to represent Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's Finn. Salminen was chosen as the Swedish flag bearer at the opening ceremony together with equestrian Sara Algotsson Ostholt.[12] Salminen finished ninth in the event which marked the end of the Olympic career for the Finn dinghy.[13]

Achievements

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As of 27 September 2015[14]
Year Competition Venue Position Event
2009 Laser World Championships Halifax, Canada 81st Laser class
2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth, Australia 5th Star class
2012 Star World Championship Hyères, France 5th Star class
Olympic Games Weymouth and Portland, UK 1st Star class
2013 Finn Gold Cup Tallinn, Estonia 44th Finn class
2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships Santander, Spain 10th Finn class

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Max Salminen". Swedish Olympic Committee.
  2. ^ "Salminen hyllas i hemmahamnen". P4 Malmöhus. 26 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Sommarens stora seglingsfest" (PDF). Swedish Sailing Federation.
  4. ^ "Katedralskolans historia". Katedralskolan, Lund. 16 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Svensk medalj i segling". Svenska Dagbladet. TT. 3 August 2012.
  6. ^ Brenning, Patrik (5 August 2012). "23-åring bakom hans första guld". Aftonbladet.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Max Salminen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  8. ^ Thorén, Petra; Lundin, Andreas (5 August 2012). "Lööf/Salminen vann guld efter drama". Aftonbladet.
  9. ^ Andersson, Jonas C. (12 May 2016). ""Det är väldigt mycket stim runtomkring..."". Expressen.
  10. ^ "Results – Finn Men – Sailing – Rio 2016 – Olympics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Salminen seglade hem VM-guldet". Aftonbladet. TT. 10 September 2017.
  12. ^ Käck, Andreas (21 July 2021). "Nödlösningen för Sveriges fanbärare: "Såg lite roligt ut..."". Aftonbladet.
  13. ^ "Segling: Max Salminen slutade nia i finnjolle". Sveriges Television. TT. 3 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Sailor Biography". Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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