Max Salminen

Max Salminen
Salminen in 2012
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 36)
Lund, Sweden
Height197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Finn, Laser, Star
ClubRoyal Swedish Yacht 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. He was born in Lund. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,[1] winning the star class together with Fredrik Lööf.

In 2016, he competed in the men's Finn at the Rio Olympics[2] where he finished in 6th place.

He has qualified to represent Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's Finn.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Results - Finn Men - Sailing - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.