Markus Oscarsson

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Men's canoeing
Olympic medal record
Silver	2000 Sydney	K-2 1000 m
Gold	2004 Athens	K-2 1000 m

Markus Oscarsson (born 9 May 1977 in Västerås) is a Swedish flatwater canoer and reigning Olympic and world champion.

Oscarsson won two silver medals at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Yamanashi, Japan, finishing behind Hungary's Zoltan Kammerer in both the K1 500m and 1000m finals. He competed at the 1996 Olympics, reaching the K2 1000m final with partner Steffan Mlamsten.

He then formed a highly-successful K2 partnership with Henrik Nilsson. Together they won the K2 1000m silver medal at the 2000 Olympics. They went on to become world champions in 2002 and 2003, then Olympic champions at Athens 2004.

Oscarsson took a year off competitive canoeing in 2005. He returned to action in 2006 and won the K1 1000m bronze medal at the European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic - the first individual medal of his senior career. The following month he became K1 1000m world champion in Szeged, Hungary, edging out Britain's Tim Brabants by 0.06 sec. This was Sweden's first gold medal in canoeing's Blue Riband event since the late Gert Fredriksson's victory in 1954.

Oscarsson is 184 cm (6' 0) tall and weighs 84 kg (185 lb).