Bodil Margrethe Thirstedt-Svendsen (born 4 November 1916; date of death unknown) was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1948) and two bronzes (K-1 600 m, K-2 600 m: both 1938).

Bodil Thirstedt
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1948 London K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Vaxholm K-1 600 m
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Vaxholm K-2 600 m

Svendsen also competed in the K-1 500 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki but was eliminated in the heats. Her husband, Axel Svendsen, also competed in the canoeing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth in the K-2 10000 metres competition and seventh in the K-2 1000 metres event.

References

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  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05) "THIRSTED Bodil (DEN)"
  • 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)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bodil Svendsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21.