Frithjof Kleen (born 25 June 1983 in
Berlin) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (
Star) class.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[1][4]
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.[3][5] 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.[6][7]
^"Oldenburger Student segelt zu WM-Silber" [Oldenburg Student sails to a silver medal at the World Championships] (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.