Gunnar Olsson (canoeist)

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Gunnar Olsson
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen K-2 10000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Poznań K-4 10000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen K-2 1000 m

Gunnar Olsson (born April 26, 1960) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

Olsson also won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event in Copenhagen at the 1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and two bronze medals in the K-4 10000 m event in Poznan 1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and in the K-2 1000 m event in Copenhagen 1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.

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