Arne Åkerson
Swedish sailor
Arne Åkerson (born 23 August 1940 in Gävle, Sweden) is a Swedish former Olympic sailor. He competed in 1968 Summer Olympics, where he finished 7th in the Finn class.[1] He also has a silver medal from the 1970 Star World Championship together with Ding Schoonmaker.
Åkerson represented Gefle Segelsällskap.[2]
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World champions in Finn
- 1956: André Nelis
- 1957: Jürgen Vogler
- 1958: Paul Elvstrøm
- 1959: Paul Elvstrøm
- 1960: Vernon Stratton
- 1961: André Nelis
- 1962: Arne Åkerson
- 1963: Wilhelm Kuhweide
- 1964: Hubert Raudaschl
- 1965: Jürgen Mier
- 1966: Wilhelm Kuhweide
- 1967: Wilhelm Kuhweide
- 1968: Henning Wind
- 1969: Thomas Lundqvist
- 1970: Jörg Bruder
- 1971: Jörg Bruder
- 1972: Jörg Bruder
- 1973: Serge Maury
- 1974: Henry Spraque
- 1975: Magnus Olin
- 1976: Chris Law
- 1977: Joaquín Blanco
- 1978: John Bertrand
- 1979: Cameron Lewis
- 1980: Cameron Lewis
- 1981: Wolfgang Gerz
- 1982: Lasse Hjortnæs
- 1983: Paul van Cleve
- 1984: Lasse Hjortnæs
- 1985: Lasse Hjortnæs
- 1986: Stig Westergaard
- 1987: José Luis Doreste
- 1988: Thomas Schmid
- 1989: Stig Westergaard
- 1990: Hank Lammens
- 1991: Hank Lammens
- 1992: Eric Mergenthaler
- 1993: Philippe Presti
- 1994: Fredrik Lööf
- 1995: Hans Spitzauer
- 1996: Philippe Presti
- 1997: Fredrik Lööf
- 1998: Mateusz Kusznierewicz
- 1999: Fredrik Lööf
- 2000: Mateusz Kusznierewicz
- 2001: Sébastien Godefroid
- 2002: Ben Ainslie
- 2003: Ben Ainslie
- 2004: Ben Ainslie
- 2005: Ben Ainslie
- 2006: Jonas Høgh-Christensen
- 2007: Rafael Trujillo
- 2008: Ben Ainslie
- 2009: Jonas Høgh-Christensen
- 2010: Edward Wright
- 2011: Giles Scott
- 2012: Ben Ainslie
- 2013: Jorge Zarif
- 2014: Giles Scott
- 2015: Giles Scott
- 2016: Giles Scott
- 2017: Max Salminen
- 2018: Zsombor Berecz
- 2019: Josh Junior
- 2020: cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021: Andy Maloney
- 2022: Pieter-Jan Postma
- 2023: Edward Wright
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