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Kurt Anders Larson (born February 14, 1958 in Borås ) is a former Swedish rower . He won the 1983 world championship bronze in a four-man without a helmsman .
The 1.90 m tall Anders Larson achieved sixth place with the Swedish eighth in 1978 and 1979 in the Match des Seniors , a forerunner of the U23 World Championships . Also in 1979 he and Anders Wilgotson finished ninth at the world championships in two without a helmsman . In 1980 the two reached the A-final at the Olympic Games in Moscow and rowed to sixth place. At the 1982 World Championships , they finished tenth.
In 1983 Anders Wilgotson, Hans Svensson , Lars-Åke Lindqvist and Anders Larson formed a foursome. At the world championships in Duisburg , the boat from Germany won ahead of the boat from the Soviet Union. Four seconds behind, the Swedes won the bronze medal with almost a second advantage over the boat from the GDR . At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the Swedish four-man competed in the previous year's line-up and finished in sixth place. After a two-year break, Larson took part again in 1987 in a foursome at the World Championships in Copenhagen and finished tenth. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Folke Brundin , Per-Olof Claesson , Anders Larson and David Svenssson also finished tenth.
Web links
- Anders Larson in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
- Anders Larson at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Footnotes
- ↑ According to the Olympedia database, his name is Larson, and according to the FISA rowing database, his name is Larsson. The name of this article follows the spelling in the Swedish-language Wikipedia.
- ↑ Fourfinal 1983 at worldrowing.com
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| SURNAME | Larson, Anders |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Larson, Kurt Anders (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borås |