Jens Nordqvist

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Jens Nordqvist
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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Nottingham K-4 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Belgrade K-4 500 m

Jens Nordqvist (born July 3, 1959) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won two medals in the K-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 1981 and a bronze in 1982.

Nordqvist also competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, finishing ninth in the K-2 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event.

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