Bengt Backlund
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
World Championships | ||
1950 Copenhagen | C-1 1000 m | |
1950 Copenhagen | C-1 10000 m |
Bengt Backlund (3 March 1926 – 11 July 2006) was a Swedish flatwater canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in the C-1 1000 m and the C-1 1000m m events.
Backlund also finished fourth in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
References[]
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- 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)
- Sports-reference.com profile
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2006 deaths
- Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists of Sweden
- Swedish male canoeists
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
- Swedish canoeist stubs