Kalle Sundqvist

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Karl-Axel "Kalle" Sundqvist (born 29 November 1962) is a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

Kalle Sundqvist
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Mechelen K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1987 Duisburg K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1993 Copenhagen K-2 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Tampere K-2 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Mechelen K-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Mechelen K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Plovdiv K-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Poznań K-4 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Copenhagen K-2 1000 m

Sundqvist also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1985), two silvers (K-2 10000 m: 1993, K-4 1000 m: 1987), and seven bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1985, 1989; K-2 500 m: 1987, K-2 1000 m: 1993, K-2 10000 m: 1983, K-4 500 m: 1985, K-4 10000 m: 1990).

References

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  • 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)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karl Sundqvist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.