Joonas Lindgren

Joonas Lindgren (born 31 May 1986 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented Finland at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 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. As of September 2013, Lindgren is ranked no. 33 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.

Joonas Lindgren
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1986-05-31) 31 May 1986
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubHelsingfors Segelklubb[1]
CoachJouko Lindgren[1]

Lindgren competed as a skipper in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing twenty-second and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[3][4] Teaming with his younger brother and skipper Niklas Lindgren in the opening series, the Finnish duo accumulated a net score of 167 to claim a twenty-first spot in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[5][6]

References
  1. "Joonas Lindgren". London 2012 Olympic Games. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joonas Lindgren". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. "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.
  4. "Finland expects Olympic success from its sailors". Helsingin Sanomat. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. "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.
  6. "Lindgrenien olympiaurakka päätökseen" [Lindgrens' Olympic contract concluded] (in Finnish). Yle. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.


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