Olaf Søyland

Norwegian canoeist
Olaf Søyland
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Belgrade K-4 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 1979 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1978 Belgrade K-2 1000 m

Olaf Søyland (born 28 July 1952) is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He was born in Flekkefjord. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 1979, K-4 10000 m: 1975) and a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1978). Søyland also finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

References

  • 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)
  • Olaf Søyland at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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