# Thomas Johanson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Johanson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Johanson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Johanson > Source revision: 1260901675 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Finnish sailor For those of a similar name, see [Tomas Johansson](/source/Tomas_Johansson_(disambiguation)). Thomas Johanson Personal information Born (1969-06-03) 3 June 1969 (age 57) Helsinki, Finland Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight 75 kg (165 lb) Sailing career Sport Sailing Class(es) Laser 49er **Thomas Mark Mikael Johanson** (born 3 June 1969 in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki)) is a Finnish [sailor](/source/Sailing_(sport)) and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the [49er Class](/source/Sailing_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics) with [Jyrki Järvi](/source/Jyrki_J%C3%A4rvi) at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney).[1][2] In 2008–2009, he was a crew member on yacht Ericsson 3 and in 2011–12 on yacht PUMA Ocean Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race.[3][4] ## Results - 1983 25th, Optimist World Championship. Rio de Janeiro - 1984 4th, Optimist World Championship. [Kingston, Canada](/source/Kingston%2C_Canada) - 1986-1990 Top six in every International Europe dinghy regatta. - 1991 1st, Open European Championship, Laser class. El Masnou, Spain - 1992 1st, Open European Championship, Laser class. Mariestad, Sweden - 1993 1st, World Championship, Laser class. Takapuna, New Zealand - 1994 4th, World Championship, Laser class. Japan - 1996 8th, Olympic Games, Laser class. Atlanta - 1999 3rd, 49er World Championship. Chile - 2000 1st, Olympic Games, 49er class. Sydney - 2004 8th, Olympic Games, 49er class. Athens ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Thomas Johanson"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161204000000/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/thomas-johanson-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/thomas-johanson-1.html) on 4 December 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-db-ol2000-sailing_2-0)** ["2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Sailing"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131016101855/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=YAT). *databaseOlympics.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=YAT) on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Archive Volvo Ocean Race: 2008-09"](https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/history/2008-09.html). Retrieved 16 March 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Archive Volvo Ocean Race: 2011-12"](https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/history/2011-12.html). Retrieved 16 March 2019. ## External links - [Thomas Johanson](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/thomas-johanson?ref=FINTJ1) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=FINTJ1)) - [Thomas Johanson](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/thomas-johanson) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Thomas Johanson](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62505) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Thomas Johanson](https://www.olympiakomitea.fi/kisat-ja-joukkue/urheilijat/thomas-johanson/) at [Olympiakomitea.fi](/source/Finnish_Olympic_Committee) (in Finnish) v t e Olympic champions in 49er 2000: Jyrki Järvi & Thomas Johanson (FIN) 2004: Iker Martínez de Lizarduy & Xabier Fernández (ESP) 2008: Jonas Warrer & Martin Kirketerp (DEN) 2012: Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) 2016: Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL) 2020: Dylan Fletcher & Stuart Bithell (GBR) 2024: Diego Botín & Florián Trittel (ESP) v t e World champions in Laser 1974: Peter Commette 1976: John Bertrand 1977: John Bertrand 1979: Lasse Hjortnæs 1980: Ed Baird 1982: Terence Neilson 1983: Oscar Paulich 1985: Lawrence Crispin 1987: Stuart Wallace 1988: Glenn Bourke 1989: Glenn Bourke 1990: Glenn Bourke 1991: Peter Tanscheit 1993: Thomas Johanson 1994: Nikolas Burfoot 1995: Robert Scheidt 1996: Robert Scheidt 1997: Robert Scheidt 1999: Ben Ainslie 2000: Robert Scheidt 2001: Robert Scheidt 2002: Robert Scheidt 2003: Gustavo Lima 2004: Robert Scheidt 2005: Robert Scheidt 2006: Michael Blackburn 2007: Tom Slingsby 2008: Tom Slingsby 2009: Paul Goodison 2010: Tom Slingsby 2011: Tom Slingsby 2012: Tom Slingsby 2013: Robert Scheidt 2014: Nicholas Heiner 2015: Nick Thompson 2016: Nick Thompson 2017: Pavlos Kontides 2018: Pavlos Kontides 2019: Tom Burton This article about a Finnish Olympic medalist is a stub. 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