Thomas Johanson

Yacht Club Location

Helsinki, Finland

Boat First Sailed

Optimist dinghy

Education

Masters in Mechanical engineering

Hometown

Espoo, Finland

Sporting Relatives

My father used to be a racing car driver and beside that he designed and built about 100 formula vee and super vee cars

Injuries

Knee playing Icehockey, Right Thumb broken, back problems during Laser campaign

Languages Spoken

Finnish, swedish, english and a bit of german

Ambitions

To have fun and sail well.

Current Class

49er, 60ft Trimaran

Racing Age

11

Coached Since

2001

First Event Won

Some race in Finland 1981

General Interest

Telemark Skiing, Golf, Fishing, Icehockey, to spend time at our summer cottage with friends

Coach

Jocke Wilenius, FIN

Best Sporting Achievement

Winning the Laser worlds in 1993 In New Zeeland, Winning Gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in the 49er class

Most Influential Person

Esko Rechard the winner of Finn Olympic Gold medal in the 1980 Olympics.

Starting Age

10

Yacht Club

SPS

Awards

I will update this soon

Why This Sport

I like to compete and this is one of the most demanding sports mentally. Day after day you have to be focused.

Classes Sailed

Optimist, E-dinghy, Laser

First Event Competed

Karpin viesti team competition, Helsinki, FIN,1980