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Sven Johansson (canoeist)

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Country
  
Sweden

Died
  
1953

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Name
  
Sven Johansson

Sport
  
Men's canoe sprint

Born
  
June 10, 1912
Sweden

Events
  
Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's folding K-2 10000 metres

Bronze medals
  
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle, three positions

Olympic finals
  
1936 Summer Olympics

Sven Bertil Johansson (10 June 1912 – 5 August 1953) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.

References

Sven Johansson (canoeist) Wikipedia