Personal information | |
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Born | 4 January 1949 Bromma, Stockholm |
Died | 20 April 2013 Spain | (aged 64)
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | 505, 12mR, VO60, VO70 |
Magnus Olsson (4 January 1949 in Bromma, Stockholm – 20 April 2013 in Spain) was a Swedish competitive sailor.
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]