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'''Nils Björklöf''' (April |
'''Nils Björklöf''' (13 April 1921, [[Ingå]] – 16 September 1987) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Canoe racing|sprint canoeist]] who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events. |
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Björklöf also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the [[1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in London. |
Björklöf also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the [[1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in London. |
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Nils Björklöf (13 April 1921, Ingå – 16 September 1987) was a Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events.
Björklöf also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London.
Though born in Finland, Björklöf died in Stockholm, Sweden.
Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the Summer Olympics until the 1976 Games in Montreal. The event has been on the Olympic program since then.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- 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)
- Sports-reference.com profile
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1987 deaths
- People from Ingå
- Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists of Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Uusimaa
- European canoeist stubs
- Finnish sportspeople stubs
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs