Personal information | |
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Born | 30 January 1946 78) Jönköping, Sweden [1] [2] | (age
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Canoe racing |
Club | Jönköpings KK |
Per Gunnar Larsson (born 30 January 1946) is a retired Swedish sprint canoer. He was part of four-men teams that finished fourth and eighth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, respectively. [1] [2]
Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 131 competitors, 104 men and 27 women, took part in 90 events in 18 sports.
Per Henrik Magnus Larsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
The Sweden men's national basketball team represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.
Sweden competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 134 competitors, 115 men and 19 women, took part in 100 events in 15 sports.
Sweden competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.
Karl Gunnar Larsson is a former swimmer from Sweden. He won the 400 metre individual medley event at the 1972 Summer Olympics by two one-thousandths (0.002) of a second over American Tim McKee, breaking the Olympic record. The controversy over the accuracy of such timing was the reason the international swimming rules were subsequently changed, and today swimming times are measured in hundredths of a second.
Nils Olov Lennart ”Lill-Järven" Larsson was a Swedish cross-country skier and coach. He competed in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956, finishing fourth in 1960; in 1960 he also placed fourth and fifth in the individual 30 and 50 km events. Larsson won the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
Per-Erik Larsson was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay and finished seventh in the individual 30 km race in 1956. In the 15 km event he placed 12th and 17th in 1956 and 1960, respectively.
Ål Mats Arne Larsson is a Swedish cross-country skier who has raced since 1999. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay and finished 20th in the 15 km event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 206 competitors, 183 men and 23 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports.
Göran Larsson was a Swedish freestyle swimmer.
Sara Margareta Mattsson is a Swedish former football defender who played for KIF Örebro DFF of the Damallsvenskan league. She won 112 caps as a member of the Sweden women's national football team.
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC; is the Swedish National Olympic Committee. The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run a support program for swedish elite athletes called "Topp och Talang".
Sweden sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
Anders Larsson was a Swedish freestyle wrestler who won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight class at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Anna Petra Sofia Johansson is a Swedish football midfielder. She previously played for Linköping FC and during the 2012–13 winter season she represented Australian W-League team Melbourne Victory.
Anna Swenn-Larsson is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom. She made her World Cup debut in a slalom at Courchevel in December 2010 and placed 26th; her first podium came on home snow at Åre in March 2014.
Events from the year 1951 in Sweden
Jacob Hugo Une Larsson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Djurgårdens IF.
Emma Maud Valborg Larsson is a Swedish former artistic gymnast. Larsson participated at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships and eventually qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed 35th all-around in the qualifying stage of the competition.