Niklas Lindgren (sailor)
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Niklas Lindgren (born 18 May 1988 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor, who specializes in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][3] He represented Finland in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012), and has also been training for the Helsinki Sailing Club (Helsingfors Segelklubb) throughout most of his sporting career.[1] His father and personal coach Jouko Lindgren shared bronze medals with Georg Tallberg in the same program at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2] As of September 2013, Lindgren is ranked no. 304 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.
Personal information | |
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Nickname | Niksu[1] |
Nationality | Finland |
Born | (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988 (age 36) Helsinki, Finland |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sailing career | |
Class | Dinghy |
Club | Helsingfors Segelklubb[1] |
Coach | Jouko Lindgren[1][2] |
Lindgren made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired with crew member Heikki Elomaa in the men's 470 class. The Finnish duo finished twenty-seventh in a ten-round opening series with a mediocre net score of 196, edging out the Turkish brothers Deniz and Ateş Çınar by a narrow, two-point gap in the final standings.[4][5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Lindgren competed as a crew member in the men's 470 class. His team received a berth by finishing twenty-second at the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[6][7] Teaming with his older brother and skipper Joonas Lindgren in the opening series, the Finnish duo accumulated a net score of 167 to claim twenty-first spot in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[8][9]
At the 2016 Olympics, Lindgren again teamed with his brother Joonas to compete in the 470 class. The boat finished in 15th out of a total of 26 boats with a total of 123 points.[10]