Per Gedda
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| Silver medal – second place | 1952 Helsinki | Dragon class |
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Per Olof "Pelle" Harald Gedda (28 August 1914 – 4 July 2005) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] He was born in Västra Frölunda.
In 1936 he was a crew member of the Swedish boat Ilderim which finished fourth in the 8-metre class event.
Sixteen years later he won the silver medal as helmsman of the Swedish boat Tornado in the Dragon class. He died in Stockholm in 2005.[2]
References
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[edit | edit source]- Per Gedda at World Sailing (archive)
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Categories:
- 1914 births
- 2005 deaths
- Swedish male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Sweden
- Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- 5.5 Metre class sailors
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Swedish people
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
- Sailors (sport) from Gothenburg
- Swedish sailing Olympic medalist stubs