Sven-Olov Sjödelius
Appearance
![]() Sven-Olov Sjödelius at the 1960 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Svärta, Sweden | 13 June 1933||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 March 2018 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Nyköpings Kanotklubb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sven-Olov Sjödelius (13 June 1933 – 29 March 2018)[1][2] was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won two gold medals in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, as well as three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sven-Olov Sjödelius.
- Sven-Olov Sjödelius. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- 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)
- Sven-Olov Sjödelius at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Sven-Olov Sjödelius at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2018 deaths
- Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for Sweden
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Swedish male canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- People from Nyköping Municipality
- Swedish canoeist stubs
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs