Frithjof Kleen

{{short description|German sailor}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Frithjof Kleen | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name =  | nickname = ''Frida''<ref name=london2012 /> | nationality = {{GER}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = 189 cm | weight = 110 kg | website = | country = | classes = [[Keelboat]] | club = [[Norddeutscher Regatta Verein]]<ref name=london2012 /> | coach = Alan Smith<ref name=london2012 /> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[5.5 Metre World Championship]] }} {{Medal|Gold | 2013 Curaçao | 5.5m }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Star World Championship]] }} {{Medal|Gold | [[Star World Championship|2014 Malcesine]] | Star }} {{MedalSilver | [[2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2011 Perth]] | Star }} }}

'''Frithjof Kleen''' (born 25 June 1983 in [[Berlin]]) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat ([[Star (sailboat)|Star]]) class.<ref name=london2012>{{cite web |title=Frithjof Kleen |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kleen-frithjof-1109199/ |website=London2012.com |publisher=[[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407170228/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kleen-frithjof-1109199/ |archive-date=7 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Frithjof Kleen |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/frithjof-kleen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101081742/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/frithjof-kleen-1.html |archive-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=ger-silver>{{cite news |title=Penultimate Day Sees Scheidt And Prada Crowned Star World Champions |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/19675.php |publisher=[[International Sailing Federation|ISAF]] |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> Kleen has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta ({{langx|de|Norddeutscher Regatta Verein}}) in [[Hamburg]] under his personal coach Alan Smith.<ref name=london2012 /><ref>{{cite news |title=Elfter Platz für Stanjek und Kleen bei WM |trans-title=Eleventh place for Stanjek and KLEEN at World Cup |language=de |url=http://www.ibn-online.de/artikel/1168/Elfter-Platz-fuer-STANJEK-und-KLEEN-bei-WM |publisher=IBN Online |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>

Kleen qualified as a crew member for the German squad in the [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star|Star]] class at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]] by placing second and receiving a berth from the [[2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships|ISAF World Championships]] in [[Perth, Western Australia]].<ref name=ger-silver /><ref>{{cite news |title=Oldenburger Student segelt zu WM-Silber |trans-title=Oldenburg Student sails to a silver medal at the World Championships |language=de |url=http://www.nwzonline.de/sport/oldenburger-student-segelt-zu-wm-silber_a_1,0,548987139.html |publisher=Nordwest-Zeitung |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Star |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/star-men/phase=sam007101/doc=results.html |website=London2012.com |publisher=[[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406034601/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/star-men/phase%3Dsam007101/doc%3Dresults.html |archive-date=6 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Deutsche Starbootsegler im Finale |trans-title=German Star sailors in the finale |language=de |url=http://www.rp-online.de/sport/olympia-sommer/deutschland/deutsche-starbootsegler-im-finale-aid-1.2936823 |publisher=[[Rheinische Post]] |date=1 August 2012 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GERFK4|www=frithjof-kleen}} * {{Olympics.com profile|frithjof-kleen |oc_archive=20200203233718 |org_archive=20191225052759}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20141101064743/http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=kleen-frithjof-1109199/index.html |title=Frithjof Kleen at NBC 2012 Olympics website |date=dmy}} * {{DOSB profile|frithjof-kleen}} * {{official website|http://www.frithjofkleen.de/}} {{in lang|de}}

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