Hans Wetterström
Swedish canoeist (1923–1980)
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Born | 11 December 1923 Nyköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 November 1980 (aged 56) Nyköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Nyköpings Kanotklubb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans Wetterström (11 December 1923 – 17 November 1980) was a Swedish canoe sprinter. He competed in the 10,000 m doubles event at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and finished in first, second and fourth place, respectively.
Wetterström also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 10000 m: 1950, K-4 1000 m: 1948) and two silvers (K-4 1000 m: 1950, K-4 10000 m: 1954).
References
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans Wetterström". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- Hans Wetterström. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
- Hans Wetterström at Olympedia
- Hans Wetterström at Olympics.com
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Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events
- 1936: Ernst Krebs (GER)
- 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)
- 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1936: Germany (Paul Wevers and Ludwig Landen)
- 1948: Sweden (Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström)
- 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen)
- 1956: Hungary (János Urányi and László Fábián)
- 1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)
- 1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)
- 1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günter Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)
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