Full Name: | Lennart Klas Valdemar Klingström |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1916 |
Birth Place: | Österåker, Stockholm, Sweden |
Death Date: | 5 July 1994 (aged 78) |
Death Place: | Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden |
Sport: | Canoe racing |
Club: | Brunnsvikens Kanotklubb, Stockholm |
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Lennart Klas Valdemar Klingström (18 April 1916 – 5 July 1994) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Klingström also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4×500 m: 1948, 1950; K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-1 500 m: 1950).