Lennart Klingström

Lennart Klingström
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold 1948 London K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 1948 London K-1 4 x 500 m
Gold 1948 London K-4 1000 m
Gold 1950 Copenhagen K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver 1950 Copenhagen K-1 500 m

Lennart Klingström (18 April 1916 – 5 July 1994) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Klingström also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1948, 1950; K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-1 500 m: 1950).

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