Sofia Paldanius (born 16 March 1979) is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. Her latest success is when she was fourth at the Olympic Games in London in K1 500 2012. She won four bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (K-1 1000 m: 2007, 2010; K-2 500 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2006).
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2006 Szeged | K-4 200 m |
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2007 Duisburg | K-1 1000 m |
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2009 Dartmouth | K-2 500 m |
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2010 Poznań | K-1 1000 m |
| European Championships | ||
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2014 Brandenburg | K-1 1000 m |
Paldanius also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at London in 2012.[1]
In January 2017 it was announced she would stop competing at top-level.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m - Olympic Canoe Sprint | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ Filip Durefelt (13 January 2017). "Paldanius avslutar elitkarriären" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
External links
edit- Sofia Paldanius at the International Canoe Federation
- Sofia Paldanius at Olympics.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sofia Paldanius". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- "Canoe09.ca profile". Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
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