Magnus Olsson (sailor)

Magnus Olsson (4 January 1949 in Bromma, Stockholm – 20 April 2013 in Spain) was a Swedish competitive sailor.

Magnus Olsson

Magnus Olsson (2012)
Personal information
Born	4 January 1949 Bromma, Stockholm
Died	20 April 2013(2013-04-20) (aged 64) Spain
Sailing career
Class(es)	505, 12mR, VO60, VO70

He took part in six Whitbread/Volvo Ocean races between 1985 and 2009. He won the 1997–98 race with the EF Language.

Magnus Olsson was a coach of Volvo Ocean Race Team SCA until April 2013, when he suffered a stroke and died at a hospital in Lanzarote.^[1][2]

Achievements

Pos.	Role	Year	Event	Class	Boat Name	Note	Ref
Round the World Races
8/15		1985-1986	1985–1986 Whitbread Round the World Race	Maxi	Drum
5/23		1989-1990	1985–1986 Whitbread Round the World Race	Maxi Ketch	The Card
2/10		1993-1994	1993–1994 Whitbread Round the World Race	Whitbread 60	Intrum Justitia
1/10		1997-1998	1997–1998 Whitbread Round the World Race	Volvo Ocean 60	EF Language
2/8		2001-2002	2001–2002 Volvo Ocean Race	Volvo Ocean 60	Assa Abloy
5/7	Skipper	2008-2009	2008–2009 Volvo Ocean Race	Volvo Open 70	Ericsson 3	Mentor of youth team who became skipper	^[3]
Other Events
31st		2002	Melges 24 World Championships	Melges 24		Travemünde, Germany	^[4]

References

1. Volvo Ocean Race. . Volvo Ocean Race. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
2. Stuart Alexander (21 April 2013). "Sailing: Magnus Olsson dies in Spain, age 64". The Independent.
3. "Magnus Olsson is Ericsson 3's skipper for Leg 5 of Volvo Ocean Race".
4. "Sailor Biography: Magnus OLSSON". sailing.org. World Sailing.

External links

• Magnus Olsson at World Sailing