Carl-Åke Ljung Explained

Carl-Åke Ljung (16 August 1934 – 16 February 2023) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.[1] [2]

Ljung also competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but was eliminated in the heats.[3]

Ljung died in Västervik on 16 February 2023, at the age of 88.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ICF Medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1 . 25 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 . 5 January 2010 .
  2. Web site: ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2 rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines 1936-2007 . 25 April 2013 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal_winners_since_1936%2F1510%2F0 . 9 November 2009 .
  3. Web site: Carl-Ake Ljung. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/carl-ake-ljung-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.
  4. Web site: Carl-Åke Ljung . Olympedia . 26 February 2023.

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