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| Full name | Thore Göran Andersson | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||
| Born | (1939-10-04)4 October 1939 Lysekil, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Died | 18 November 2020(2020-11-18) (aged 81) Skärhamn, Sweden | |||||||||||
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| Club | Marstrands Segelsällskap | |||||||||||
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Thore Göran Andersson (4 October 1939 – 18 November 2020) was a Swedish Olympicsailor and sailmaker.
Born inLysekil, Göran Andersson representedMarstrands Segelsällskap.[1] Andersson competed in theFinn event at the1960 Summer Olympics and finished 28th.[2] He continued to theOK class and won twoOK World Championship, in 1965 and 1966.[1][3]
Andersson worked as a sailmaker, founding and running the Marinex loft in Marstrand.[1] In 2020, he was inducted to theSwedish Sailing Federation Hall of Fame as its 12th inductee.[1][4]
Andersson died on 18 November 2020 inSkärhamn.[5] His yacht club Marstrands Segelsällskap has named an OK regatta named after him, the Göran Andersson Cup.[6][7]
