John Sebastian Östling (born 2 June 1984 in Onsala, Kungsbacka) is a Swedish sailor, who specializes in the 470 class, a two-person dinghy. He represented Sweden, along with his partner Anton Dahlberg, in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012), and has also been training representing Royal Swedish Yacht Club throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coach and mentor Per Frykholm.
Saling career Olympic 470 campaigns with Dahlberg (2007–2012) Sebastian Östling and Anton Dahlberg had gone to the same riksidrottsgymnasium, but started to sail together first when they both were studying at the Stockholm School of Economics. Dahlberg and Östling finished 35th out of 112 in the men's 470 event at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, taking in a bullet in the first race of the opening series.
Östling made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with skipper Dahlberg in the men's 470 class. The Swedish duo finished 15th in a ten-round opening series with a net score of 111, trailing Israelis Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal by a narrow, three-point gap from the final standings.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Östling competed for the second time as a crew member in the men's 470 class by finishing eleventh and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Teaming again with Dahlberg in the opening series, the Swedish duo mounted four top 10 finishes to guarantee a spot in the final race, but fell short for the podium with an accumulated net score of 123 points and a tenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.
Olympic 470 campaign with Molund Östling then paired with Johan Molund aiming for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The duo won the 2015 Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik.
Results
1997 Optimist World Championships Carrickfergus, UK 68th Optimist class 1999 Optimist World Championships Martinique, France 39th Optimist class 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, Portugal 35th 470 class 2008 470 World Championships Melbourne, Australia 51st 470 class Olympic Games Qingdao, China 15th 470 class 2009 470 World Championships Rungsted, Denmark 24th 470 class 2010 470 World Championships The Hague, the Netherlands 14th 470 class 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth, Australia 11th 470 class 2012 Olympic Games Weymouth and Portland, UK 10th 470 class 2013 49er World Championships Marseille, France 73rd 49er class
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