Vilma Bobeck
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| Born | 5 January 1998 Nacka, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | 49er FX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal Swedish Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vilma Bobeck (born 5 January 1998) is a Swedish sailor. She competed in the 49er FX event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal in the women's 49er FX event together with Rebecca Netzler. Bobeck also has four World championship medals in the 49er FX, including one gold, and one in the Europe dinghy.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Bobeck was born 5 January 1998 in Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden,[1] to Madelaine and Göran Bobeck.[2] Raised in Saltsjö-Boo, Bobeck started sailing in Boo Segelsällskap before switching to the Royal Swedish Yacht Club.[3] Sailing the Europe dinghy, Bobeck won a silver medal after Anna Livbjerg at the 2015 Europe World Championships in Arendal, Norway.[4] Bobeck studied at the sailing riksidrottsgymnasium in Motala.[5]
49er FX
[edit]Bobeck continued to the 49er FX, sailing together with Malin Tengström, and won the 2018 U23 World Championships in Marseille.[6] The duo then placed third at the 2019 European championship in the class.[5] Not qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Bobeck finished her career.[7]
In 2022, Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler coupled to sail in the 49er FX class.[8] In their first world championship in 2022, the duo won a silver medal.[9] In August 2023, Bobeck and Netzler won the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague.[10] In the following world championship in Lanzarote, the team didn't manage to the defend their title, and instead took a silver medal.[11] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, the duo took a silver medal in the 49er FX event behind Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz of the Netherlands.[12] The Sweden duo came into the medal race sitting third and won the race, doing so passing the French boat who had entered the medal race as leaders.[12]
In September 2025, Bobeck's partner Netzler announced her retirement after one Olympic silver medal, one World championship title and two World championship silver medals for the duo.[13] After Netzler's departure, Bobeck coupled with Ebba Berntsson and won a silver medal at the 2025 49er FX World Championship in Cagliari, Italy, in October 2025.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vilma Bobeck". Swedish Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Bryter ihop efter frågan: "Gör ont"". Expressen. 2 August 2024.
- ^ Carlson, Jalmar (6 September 2022). "VM-silver till Vilma från Boo". Nacka Värmdö Posten.
- ^ Lykke, Troels (27 July 2015). "Europajolle-VM: Guld til Livbjerg, sølv og bronze til Munch". minbaad.dk.
- ^ a b Augustsson, Thomas (21 May 2019). "EM-brons inspirerar kompisarna". Motala & Vadstena Tidning.
- ^ Allerstedt, Lars (3 September 2018). "Malin och Vilma är rivierans guldtjejer". Mitt i Stockholm.
- ^ "Silvermedaljörerna inledde OS-satsningen i hemlighet: "Ett jättekonstigt samtal"". Dagens Nyheter. 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Fem seglare i den första OS-uttagningen inför Paris". Swedish Sailing Federation.
- ^ "Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (NED) win 49erFX World Championship". International 49er Class Association. 5 September 2022.
- ^ TT (16 August 2023). "VM-guld till svenska seglarduon". Aftonbladet.
- ^ "Segling: VM-silver till Sverige – trots olycklig simtur". svt.se. 10 March 2024.
- ^ a b Kvarnström, Jonathan; Akbarzadeh, Milad (2 August 2024). "Segling: OS-silver till svenska duon Vilma Bobeck/Rebecca Netzler: "Lite tom av all anspänning"". svt.se.
- ^ "Stjärnorna splittras: "Det är en jättesorg"". Expressen. TT. 8 September 2025.
- ^ "Svenskt VM-silver efter guldjakt: "Blev giriga"". Aftonbladet. TT. 12 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Vilma Bobeck at Olympics.com
- Vilma Bobeck at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)
- Vilma Bobeck at World Sailing (archive)
