Erik Bladström
Swedish canoeist (1918–1998)
 Bladström at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 March 1918 Västervik, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 May 1998 (aged 80) Västervik, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe racing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Westerviks KK, Västervik | |||||||||||||||||
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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
External links
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the 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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Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events
- 1936: Ernst Krebs (GER)
- 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)
- 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 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)
- 1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)
- 1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)
- 1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günter Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)
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