Max Salminen (born 22 September 1988) is a Swedish competitive sailor. He was born in

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, winning the star class together with

Fredrik Lööf Max Emil Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Summer Olympics, winning one gold and two bronze medals. He won the gold medal in Star with Max Salminen at t ...

. In 2016, he competed in the men's Finn at the

Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

where he finished in 6th place. He has qualified to represent Sweden at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in the men's Finn.

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* * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Lund Swedish male sailors (sport) Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic sailors for Sweden Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic medalists in sailing Finn class sailors Laser class sailors Swedish people of Finnish descent Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-yachtracing-bio-stub