Erik Bladström
Bladström at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Born |
29 March 1918 Västervik, Sweden | |||||||||||||||
Died |
21 May 1998 (aged 80) Västervik, Sweden | |||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe racing | |||||||||||||||
Club | Westerviks KK, Västervik | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bror Erik Alvar Bladström (29 March 1918 – 21 May 1998) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he was the youngest competitor, aged 18.[1][2][3]
Bladström also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.[1]
References
- 1 2 Erik Bladström Archived 8 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine.. Sports-reference.com
- ↑ Canoeing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. Sports-reference.com
- ↑ Erik Bladström. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05).
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
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