Josefin Olsson


Josefin Anna Louise Olsson is a Swedish sailor primarily focusing on single-handed dinghies, who won a silver medal in the Laser Radial event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and also holds a silver medal from the Laser Radial World Championship and a World champion title from the Europe class.
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Career

Josefin Anna Louise Olsson was born 23 August 1989 in Saint Nicholas parish in Nyköping, Sweden. She started sailing in Oxelösunds Segelsällskap in nearby Oxelösund. She won the 2008 Europe World Championships in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal, ahead of Danish Anne-Marie Rindom and Anette Viborg Andreasen. In 2008, she was awarded the Halvan trophy for best position by a youth Swedish sailor by the Swedish Sailing Federation.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 18th place. Olsson continued sailing the Laser Radial for the next Olympic cycle, and in September 2014, she won a silver medal at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, behind Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands.
She competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in sixth place. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in Laser Radial. This time, she won a silver medal after having won the medal race.
In 2024, Olsson was again qualified for the Olympic sailing event and carried the Swedish flag during the opening ceremony. In the Laser Radial event, she finished 17th.