Boris Jacobsson

Boris Alvar Jacobsson was a Swedish sailor in the Finn class.
Jacobsson was born in Uppsala and represented Uppsala Kanotförening. He won the 1962 Finn European Championship in Kiel, surpassing French Francis Jammes on the last day. In August 1962, he won a silver medal in the World championship, the Finn Gold Cup, in Tönsberg behind Swedish Arne Åkerson.
In 1963, he repeated the results in both the World and European championships: first silver-medalling at the World championship in Medemblik, and then defending the European title in Tihany.
He competed in the Finn event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and finished 14th.
Jacobsson died in Uppsala in 2013.