Erik Bladström

Canoe racer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCanoe racer
PlacesSweden
wasCanoer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth29 March 1918, Västervik, Sweden
Death21 May 1998Västervik, Sweden (aged 80 years)
Star signAries
The details

Biography

Bror Erik Alvar Bladström (29 March 1918 – 21 May 1998) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he was the youngest competitor, aged 18.

Bladström also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.

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