Thorvald Strömberg
| Thorvald Strömberg medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Finland | ||
| Olympic games | ||
| gold | 1952 Helsinki | Single kayak 10,000 m |
| silver | 1952 Helsinki | Single kayak 1,000 m |
| World Championship | ||
| gold | 1950 Copenhagen | Single kayak 10,000 m |
| gold | 1958 Prague | Single kayak 10,000 m |
Lennart Thorvald Strömberg (born March 17, 1931 in Kirkkonummi , † December 9, 2010 in Ekenäs ) was a Finnish-Swedish canoeist and Olympic champion.
Strömberg grew up in Ekenäs and worked there as a fisherman. In 1950, the then 19-year-old first traveled abroad to in Denmark at the World Cup in canoeing in Copenhagen to participate. He won the gold medal in a single kayak over 10,000 meters; a success that he repeated eight years later at the World Cup in Prague.
At the Summer Olympics in Helsinki in 1952 he was able to paddle the gold medal in a single kayak at 10,000 m and also the silver medal at 1,000 m , only beaten by the Swede Gert Fredriksson .
For many years, Strömberg was the chairman of the Wågen canoe club in his hometown, where he also worked as an entrepreneur in the diesel engine sector.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/artikkeli/Olympiavoittaja+Thorvald+Str%C3%B6mberg+on+kuollut/1135262286699
Web links
- Thorvald Strömberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Paddelsegrar i Helsingfors 1952 (Finnish)
- Thorvald Strömberg död - i en ålder av 79 år.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Strömberg, Thorvald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strömberg, Lennart Thorvald (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish canoeist and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirkkonummi |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2010 |
| Place of death | Ekenäs |