Åke Nilsson (canoeist) explained

Ake Nilsson
Fullname:Karl Åke Nilsson
Birth Place:Nyköping, Sweden
Death Place:Nyköping, Sweden
Height:1.90 m
Weight:76 kg
Sport:Canoe sprint
Club:Nyköpings Kanotklubb
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Karl Åke Nilsson (12 December 1937 – 31 October 2005) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 4 × 500 m event.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Åke Nilsson. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205001/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/ake-nilsson-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .
  2. Web site: Åke Nilsson . SOK.se . Swedish Olympic Committee.