Sofia Paldanius

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Sofia Paldanius
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Szeged K-4 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Duisburg K-1 1000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Poznań K-1 1000 m
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Brandenburg K-1 1000 m

Sofia Paldanius (born 16 March 1979) is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. Her latest success is when she was fourth at the Olympic Games in London in K1 500 2012. She won four bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (K-1 1000 m: 2007, 2010; K-2 500 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2006).

Paldanius also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at London in 2012. [1]

In January 2017 it was announced she would stop competing at top-level. [2]

References

  1. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m - Olympic Canoe Sprint | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  2. Filip Durefelt (13 January 2017). "Paldanius avslutar elitkarriären" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 13 January 2017.