Bengt Backlund

Athlete

1926 – 2006

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Who was Bengt Backlund?

Bengt Backlund was a Swedish flatwater canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in the C-1 1000 m and the C-1 1000m m events.

Backlund also finished fourth in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

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Born
Mar 3, 1926
Died
Jul 11, 2006

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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