Frithjof Kleen

Frithjof Kleen
Personal information
NicknameFrida
Nationality Germany
Born (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983
Berlin, West Germany
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Sailing career
ClassKeelboat
ClubNorddeutscher Regatta Verein
CoachAlan Smith
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Germany
5.5 Metre World Championship
2013 Curaçao5.5m
Star World Championship
2014 MalcesineStar
2011 PerthStar

Frithjof Kleen (born 25 June 1983 in Berlin) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (Star) class. He represented Germany, along with his partner Robert Stanjek in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also captured a silver medal at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia. 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 Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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.