Frithjof Kleen (born 25 June 1983 in

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) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (

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) class. He represented

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, along with his partner Robert Stanjek in the Star class at the

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, and also captured a silver medal at the

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. Kleen has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta (german: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein) in Hamburg under his personal coach Alan Smith. Kleen qualified as a crew member for the German squad in the

class at the

in London by placing second and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Teaming with his partner Robert Stanjek in the opening series, the German duo recorded a net score of 70 points throughout the entire race, but came up short for the medal podium with a satisfying sixth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.

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* * * * * * 1983 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Germany Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star Sportspeople from Berlin Norddeutscher Regatta Verein sailors Star class world champions 5.5 Metre class sailors World Champions in 5.5 Metre World champions in sailing for Germany {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub