Erik Bladström

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Erik Bladström
Medal record

Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold	1936 Berlin	Folding K-2 10000 m
World Championships
Silver	1938 Vaxholm	K-2 10000 m folding

Erik Bladström (March 29, 1918 – May 21, 1998) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Bladström also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.

References

v t e Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events

K-1 10000 metres	1936: Ernst Krebs (GER) 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)

K-2 10000 metres	1936: Germany (Paul Wevers and Ludwig Landen) 1948: Sweden (Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström) 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen) 1956: Hungary (János Urányi and László Fábián)

K-1 10000 metres folding	1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)

K-2 10000 metres folding	1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)

K-1 4x500 metre relay	1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)

Persondata
Name	Bladstrom, Erik
Alternative names
Short description	Canoe racer
Date of birth	March 29, 1918
Place of birth
Date of death	May 21, 1998
Place of death

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