Anna Olsson (canoeist)

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Anna Gunilla Olsson (born March 14, 1964 in Timrå ) is a former Swedish canoeist . She was an Olympic and world champion.

Athletic career

Anna Olsson and Agneta Andersson won the gold medal in the two-man kayak over 500 meters at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, almost two seconds ahead of the Canadians and the Germans. The next day the Romanian boat won in a four-person kayak with a half-second lead over Agneta Andersson, Anna Olsson, Eva Karlsson and Susanne Wiberg .

Four years later at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , Olsson and Andersson finished sixth in a two-man, while Olsson, Andersson, Susanne Gunnarsson (-Wiberg) and Liselotte Ohlsson also came sixth in a four-man . Olsson won her first world championship medal in Paris in 1991 when Andersson and Olsson won the bronze medal in a pair behind the Germans and Hungarians. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Anna Olsson competed with Maria Haglund , Susanne Rosenqvist and Agneta Andersson in a foursome and won bronze behind the Hungarians and Germans.

In 1993 Anna Olsson won three medals at the World Championships in Copenhagen . In a single kayak she received silver behind the German Birgit Fischer . In a two-person kayak, Olsson and Andersson also won the world title nine years after their Olympic victory. The Germans won in a four-kayak ahead of Andersson, Haglund, Rosenqvist and Olsson. In 1994, at the World Championships in Mexico City, the 5000 meter competitions that had been held since 1989 were replaced by new competitions over 200 meters. Anna Olsson won silver in the single over 200 meters behind the Hungarian Rita Kőbán . In the foursome over 500 meters the Germans won ahead of the Hungarians, behind them Andersson, Haglund, Rosenqvist and Olsson received the bronze medal. Also at the 1995 World Championships in Duisburg , competitions over 200 meters and over 500 meters were on the program. Olsson won bronze in the single over 200 meters behind Rita Kőbán and the Canadian Caroline Brunet . In the foursome over 200 meters, the Canadians won ahead of the Germans and the Swedish foursome with Ingela Ericsson , Haglund, Rosenqvist and Olsson.

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , only the three competitions over 500 meters were on the program for the shallow water canoeists. In the four, Susanne Rosenqvist, Anna Olsson, Agneta Andersson and Ingela Ericsson won bronze behind the Germans and the Swiss. Four years later, Anna Olsson took part in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , her fifth participation in the Olympics. She reached the finals in both singles and twos with Ingela Ericsson and finished ninth in singles and eighth in twos.

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
  • Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Olsson, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olsson, Anna Gunilla (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish canoeist
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Timrå , Sweden