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 | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Niksu[1] |
| Nationality |  Finland |
| Born | 18 May 1988 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]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Niklas Lindgren". London 2012 Olympic Games. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ a b "2008 Beijing: Sailing Profile – Niklas Lindgren". Finnish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Niklas Lindgren". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ "Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ "Lindgren ja Elomaa pitävät perää 470-luokassa" [Lindgren and Elomaa keep the truth in the 470 class] (in Finnish). Etelä-Suomen Sanomat. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Finland's Lindgren brothers confirmed on Olympic startline". 470 World Championships. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Finland expects Olympic success from its sailors". Helsingin Sanomat. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Men's 470". London 2012 Olympic Games. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Lindgrenien olympiaurakka päätökseen" [Lindgrens' Olympic contract concluded] (in Finnish). Yle. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "470 Men". Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
External links edit
- Niklas Lindgren at World Sailing
- Niklas Lindgren at Olympics.com
- Niklas Lindgren at Olympedia
- NBC 2012 Olympics profile at archive.today (archived 14 September 2013)
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