John Albrechtson

{{Short description|Swedish sailor (1936–1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox sailor | name = John Albrechtson | image = John Albrechtson.jpg | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = {{SWE}} | classes = [[Star (sailboat)|Star]], [[Tempest (keelboat)|Tempest]] | club = Vikingaflottiljen (1968)<br>[[Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club]] (1972–76)<ref name=sok/> | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|07|22}}<ref name=sok>[https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/j/john-albrechtsson.html John Albrechtsson]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref> | birth_place = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden<ref name=sok/> | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|08|27|1936|7|22}}<ref name=sok/> | death_place = [[Västra Frölunda]], Sweden<ref name=sok/> | height = | weight = | retired = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]] {{MedalGold | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Tempest class]] }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | [[Star World Championship|1966 Kiel]] | Star class }} {{MedalGold | 1977 Strömstad | Tempest class }} {{MedalGold | 1978 Castelletto | Tempest class }} {{MedalSilver | 1975 Association Island | Tempest class }} {{MedalBronze | [[Star World Championship|1971 Seattle]] | Star class }} }}

'''John Albrechtson''' (22 July 1936 – 27 August 1985) was a Swedish [[sailboat racing|sailor]]. Between 1968 and 1978 he won one Olympic gold medal and three gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the world championships.<ref name=db-ol-YAT1976>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=YAT |title=1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917043711/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=YAT |archive-date=17 September 2008 |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=31 May 2008}}</ref>

==Biography== Albrechtson started his sailing career in the [[Stjärnbåt]] class and moved on to [[Star (sailboat)|Star]] class in 1957. He won his first Star Swedish Championships in 1966. The same year, together with [[Paul Elvstrøm]], he won the [[Star World Championship]].<ref name="Nautiska förlaget">{{cite book |title=100 år under segel : svensk segling 1905–2005 : Svenska seglarförbundet. |year=2004 |publisher=Nautiska förlaget |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-89564-15-4 |editor=C. Hildebrand |page=148}}</ref>

Between 1971 and 1978 Albrechtson competed in the [[Tempest (keelboat)|Tempest]] class.<ref name="Nautiska förlaget" /> At the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] he won the Olympic gold medal together with [[Ingvar Hansson]]. He also competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[1972 Summer Olympics]], placing ninth and fourth, respectively.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/john-albrechtson-1.html |title=John Albrechtson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910215939/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/john-albrechtson-1.html |archive-date=10 September 2015 |access-date=5 November 2009}}</ref> At the 1980 Games he was part of Swedish reserve team.<ref name=sok/>

Albrechtson committed suicide in [[Västra Frölunda]] aged 49.<ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |title=John Albrechtson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61126 |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>

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