Sture Stork

Swedish sailor (1930–2002)

Sture Stork

Personal information
Full name| Sture Henrik Stork
Born| 25 July 1930 (1930-07-25)
Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
Died| 27 March 2002 (2002-03-28) (aged 71)
Trångsund, Sweden
Height| 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight| 79 kg (174 lb)
Sailing career
Class| 5.5 Metre
Club|  Royal Swedish Yacht Club

Medal record

Sailing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
| 1956 Melbourne | 5.5 metre class
| 1964 Tokyo | 5.5 metre class

Sture Henrik Stork (25 July 1930 – 27 March 2002) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

In 1956 he won the gold medal as part of the Swedish boat Rush V in the 5.5 metre class event. Eight years later he won the silver medal as crew member of the Swedish boat Rush VII in the 5.5 metre class event.[1][2]

## References

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1. ^ Sture Stork. Swedish Olympic Committee
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sture Stork". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

## External links

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* Sture Stork at World Sailing (archive)
* Sture Stork at Olympics.com
* Sture Stork at Olympedia
* Sture Stork at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
* Sture Stork at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)

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Olympic champions in 5.5 Metre

* 1952:  Chance, Schoettle, E. White & S. White (USA)
* 1956:  Thörn, Karlsson & Stork (SWE)
* 1960:  O'Day, Hunt & Smith (USA)
* 1964:  Northam, O'Donnell & Sargeant (AUS)
* 1968:  U. Sundelin, J. Sundelin & P. Sundelin (SWE)

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