Frithjof Kleen
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Nickname(s) | Frida[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Berlin, West Germany | 25 June 1983||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | Keelboat | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Norddeutscher Regatta Verein[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Alan Smith[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frithjof Kleen (born 25 June 1983 in Berlin) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (Star) class.[1][2] He represented Germany, along with his partner Robert Stanjek in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also captured a silver medal at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia.[3] Kleen has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta (German: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein) in Hamburg under his personal coach Alan Smith.[1][4]
Kleen qualified as a crew member for the German squad in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing second and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[3][5][6] Teaming with his partner Robert Stanjek in the opening series, the German duo recorded a net score of 70 points throughout the entire race, but came up short for the medal podium with a satisfying sixth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Frithjof Kleen". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frithjof Kleen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Penultimate Day Sees Scheidt And Prada Crowned Star World Champions". ISAF. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Elfter Platz für Stanjek und Kleen bei WM" [Eleventh place for Stanjek and KLEEN at World Cup] (in German). IBN Online. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Deutsche Starbootsegler holen WM-Silber" [German Star sailors brought home a silver medal at World Champs] (in German). The Epoch Times. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Oldenburger Student segelt zu WM-Silber" [Oldenburg Student sails to a silver medal at the World Championships] (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Men's Star". London 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Deutsche Starbootsegler im Finale" [German Star sailors in the finale] (in German). Rheinische Post. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
External links[]
- Official website (in German)
- Frithjof Kleen at World Sailing
- Frithjof Kleen at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
- Frithjof Kleen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Frithjof Kleen at the International Olympic Committee
- Frithjof Kleen at Olympics.com
- NBC 2012 Olympics profile at archive.today (archived 2014-11-01)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- German male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Germany
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star
- Sportspeople from Berlin
- Norddeutscher Regatta Verein sailors
- Star class world champions
- 5.5 Metre class sailors
- World Champions in 5.5 Metre
- World champions in sailing for Germany
- German yacht racing biography stubs