Erik Bladström Explained

Birth Date:29 March 1918
Birth Place:Västervik, Sweden
Death Date:21 May 1998 (aged 80)
Death Place:Västervik, Sweden
Sport:Canoe racing
Club:Westerviks KK, Västervik
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Bror Erik Alvar Bladström (29 March 1918 – 21 May 1998) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he was the youngest competitor, aged 18.

Bladström also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.

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