Sven-Olov Sjödelius
Swedish sprint canoeist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sven-Olov Sjödelius (13 June 1933 – 29 March 2018) 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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Born | (1933-06-13)13 June 1933 Svärta, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 March 2018(2018-03-29) (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sjödelius died of respiratory failure on 30 March 2018 at the age of 84.[1]