Karl-Axel "Kalle" Sundqvist (born 29 November 1962) is a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1992 Barcelona | K-2 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
1985 Mechelen | K-4 1000 m | |
1987 Duisburg | K-4 1000 m | |
1993 Copenhagen | K-2 10000 m | |
1983 Tampere | K-2 10000 m | |
1985 Mechelen | K-1 1000 m | |
1985 Mechelen | K-4 500 m | |
1987 Duisburg | K-2 500 m | |
1989 Plovdiv | K-1 1000 m | |
1990 Poznań | K-4 10000 m | |
1993 Copenhagen | K-2 1000 m |
Sundqvist also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1985), two silvers (K-2 10000 m: 1993, K-4 1000 m: 1987), and seven bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1985, 1989; K-2 500 m: 1987, K-2 1000 m: 1993, K-2 10000 m: 1983, K-4 500 m: 1985, K-4 10000 m: 1990).
References
edit- 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)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karl Sundqvist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.