Sebastian Östling

Sebastian Östling
Personal information
Full name John Sebastian Östling
Nationality  Sweden
Born 2 June 1984
Onsala, Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Class(es) Dinghy
Club Royal Swedish Yacht Club[1]
Coach Per Frykholm[1]

John Sebastian Östling (born June 2, 1984 in Onsala, Kungsbacka) is a Swedish sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented Sweden, along with his partner Anton Dahlberg, in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012), and has also been training for Royal Swedish Yacht Club (Swedish: Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet) throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coach and mentor Per Frykholm.[1] As of September 2013, Ostling is ranked no. 25 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.

Ostling made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with skipper Anton Dahlberg in the men's 470 class. The Swedish duo finished fifteenth in a ten-round opening series with a net score of 111, trailing Israelis Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal by a narrow, three-point gap from the final standings.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Ostling competed for the second time as a crew member in the men's 470 class by finishing eleventh and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[4][5] Teaming again with Dahlberg in the opening series, the Swedish duo mounted four top 10 finishes to guarantee a spot in the final race, but fell short for the podium with an accumulated net score of 123 points and a tenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sebastian Östling". London 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sebastian Östling". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swedish 470 Teams Confirmed For Olympics". 470 World Championships. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Four Different Race Winners Enjoy a Cracking Opening in Perth". 470 World Championships. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's 470". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Svenskarna sänkte sina medaljchanser" [Swedes lowered their medal chances] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

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