Tore Holm

{{short description|Swedish sailor (1896-1977)}}

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| birth_date = 25 November 1896

| birth_place = Gamleby, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|11|15|1896|11|25}}

| death_place = Gamleby, Sweden

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| classes = 40m² Skerry cruiser, 6 Metre, 8 Metre

| club = Norrköpings Segelsällskap, Royal Swedish Yacht Club

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{{MedalGold|1920 Antwerp|40 m² class}}

{{MedalGold|1932 Los Angeles|6 metre}}

{{MedalBronze|1928 Amsterdam|8 metre}}

{{MedalBronze|1948 London|6 metre}}

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Tore Anton Holm (25 November 1896 – 15 November 1977) was a Swedish yacht designer, boatbuilder, and sailor who competed in the 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62362 |title=Tore Holm |work=Olympedia |access-date=31 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/t/tore-holm.html |title=Tore Holm |work=Swedish Olympic Committee |date= |access-date= }}

Sailing career

He started out in 1920 as a crew member on the Swedish boat Sif, where he won the gold medal in the 40 m2 class and eight years later he conquered the bronze medal, as a crew member on the Sylvia in the 8 metre class. In 1932 he won his second gold medal, this time being on the crew of the Bissbi, in the 6 metre class. At the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936, he did not win a medal after finishing fourth in the 8 metre class competition.

He finished his Olympic career in 1948 on the 6 metre class with his fourth medal, and second bronze, as part of the crew on the Ali Baba II.

Yacht designer

In the early 1920s, the Holm boatyard at Gamleby designed and built a number of boats in the Skerry Cruiser (or Square Metre Rule) Class. In the later 1920s and 1930s several more designs came to fruition built to the International or Metre Rule, particularly in the 6m, 8m and 10m classes.{{cite web |url=http://www.svanevit.de/Tore_Holm.html |title=Tore Holms Varv |work=svanevit.de |access-date=12 April 2018}}

=Posthumous build of J-class yacht=

In 2014 it was reported that a new J-Class hull, Svea, was under construction at the Freddie Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw shipyard in the Netherlands to an original design by Tore Holm dating from 1937. In 2015 it was reported that outfitting would be undertaken at the Vitters Shipyard.{{cite web |url=http://www.vitters.com/project-3076/ |title=PROJECT 3076 |work=www.vitters.com |date=24 January 2013 |access-date=2016-01-25}} She competed briefly in the 2017 J-Class regatta at Bermuda before her headstay furler broke.{{cite web |url=http://www.yachtingworld.com/j-class/the-purists-americas-cup-the-story-of-the-seven-strong-j-class-regatta-in-bermuda-109619 |author=Toby Hodges |date=11 August 2017 |title=The purist's America's Cup – the story of the seven-strong J Class Regatta in Bermuda |work= yachtingworld.com |access-date=12 April 2018}} During racing in the Superyacht Challenge Antigua in 2020 she was in collision with fellow J-class competitor Topaz.{{cite web |url=https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/svea-topaz-collision-antigua-superyacht-challenge--42979 |title=Svea Found at Fault in J-Class Collision with Topaz |date=20 March 2020 |work=www.boatinternational.com |access-date=23 June 2021}}

Selected list of Tore Holm yacht designs

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File:Ilderim II.JPG-yacht Ilderim]]

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ClassNamesYear ( unless otherwise indicated)
55m²Mayflower1919
40m²Sif1920
40m²Gazell1935{{cite web |url=http://www.classicyachtinfo.com/designer/tore-holm |title=Tore Holm |website=www.classicyachtinfo.com |date=21 November 2015 |access-date=2016-01-25 |lang=en}}

95m²Marga IV (nowadays named Palazzo)1921
95m²Brit-Marie (together with brother Yngve Holm)1921
30m²

|Yrhättan

|1926

5 MetreRan
5 MetreMystic1937
5 MetreGoing1938{{cite web |url=http://www.britishyachtingarchive.org.uk/wiki/tiki-print.php?page=3031%3AGoing |title=Page including ref to Going |website=britishyachtingarchive.org.uk |date= |access-date=}}
5 MetreMaribell
6 MetreLilian1928
6 MetreVästanfläkt1928
6 MetreBissei1929
6 MetreBissbi1929{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Fordjupning/MarketStore/Foto/?msobjid=20577&Origin=SM |title=Foto |trans-title= |website=www.sjohistoriska.se |date= |access-date=25 January 2016 |lang=}}

6 MetreFridolin1930
6 MetreMarianne1934
6 MetreJoy1935
6 MetreMarabu1935
6 MetreTidsfördrif1935 or 1937{{cite web |url=http://www.6mrnorthamerica.com/tidsfordriv.html |title=tidsfordriv |trans-title= |website=www.6mrnorthamerica.com |date= |access-date=25 January 2016 |lang=}}

6 MetreLyn1936
6 MetreMay Be IV1936
6 MetreMaybe1936{{cite web |url=http://www.6mrnorthamerica.com/classicletter8.html |title=classic letter 8 |website=www.6mrnorthamerica.com |date=1 February 2003 |access-date= |lang=}}

6 MetreFågel blå1937{{cite web |url=http://www.6mr.fi/index.php?k=22443 |title=6mr – For sale |website=6mr.fi |access-date=25 January 2016}}
6 MetreFandango1937
6 MetreNisidia1937
6 MetreLilo-Reet1938
6 MetreMay Be VI1946
6 MetreAlibaba II1948
6 MetreSilene III1950
6 MetreMay Be VIII1953
8 MetreElsinore1930
8 MetreRanja1935
8 MetreIlderim1936[http://www.8mr.org/file/3/eightmail-no-41.pdf "Scandinavia"] in EIGHTMAIL №41. Newsletter of the International Eight Metre Association. p. 41. accessed 2016-06-11.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.8mr.org/file/3/eightmail-no-41.pdf |title="Scandinavia" |website=www.8mr.org |date= |page=41 |access-date=2016-06-11 |lang=}}

8 MetreWanda1937
8 Metre (based)Thalatta1938
8 MetreSvanevit1939
8 MetreAthena1939
8 MetreAtair/ Allegro1939
8 MetreAlbatross
8 MetreZilverwiek
10 MetreZibeline/Itaka1934{{cite web |url=http://www.sailyachtsociety.se/jakterna/r-batar/itaka/ |title=Itaka « Sail Yacht Society |trans-title= |website=www.sailyachtsociety.se |date= |access-date=25 January 2016 |lang=}}

10 MetreGullkrona
10 MetreHavsörnen1937{{efn|According to one source{{cite web |url=http://www.billionaire.com/yachts-for-sale-and-charter/sales/3058/havsornen |title=Page for Havsornen at billionaire.com |trans-title= |website=www.billionaire.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-11 |lang=}}

Havsörnen was designed jointly with Knud Reimers, although she was built at Holms Batvarv.}}

12 MetrePrincess Svanevit (together with Gustaf Estlander)1930{{cite web|url=http://www.12mr.de/Twelves/|title=12mR Yacht Trivia|work=12mr.de}} accessed 2016-06-13.
70' yawlHavsörnen II / Ivanhoe1938{{cite web |url=http://uk.topboats.com/barcos-ocasion/constructor-gamleby-diseno-tore-holm--nombre-ivanhoe-casic-yawl-bermudiano |title=page re constructor Tore Holm's yawl "Ivanhoe" |website=uk.topboats.com |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=2016-01-25 |lang=}}

H-10

| Ihana Christina

|1952{{cite web |title=Matkaveneet II Cruising boats - Sails and Sea |url=https://www.sailsandsea.fi/matkaveneet_cruising_boats/matkaveneet_ii_cruising_boats/ |website=www.sailsandsea.fi |access-date=8 February 2025}}

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