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Åke Nilsson (canoeist)
Swedish canoeist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karl Åke Nilsson (12 December 1937 – 31 October 2005) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 4 × 500 m event.[1][2]
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![]() Nilsson at the 1960 Olympics | |
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Full name | Karl Åke Nilsson |
Born | 12 December 1937 (1937-12-12) Nyköping, Sweden |
Died | 31 October 2005 (2005-11-01) (aged 67) Nyköping, Sweden |
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Canoe sprint |
Club | Nyköpings Kanotklubb |
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