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Kalle Sundqvist

Swedish canoeist

Karl-Axel "Kalle" Sundqvist (born November 29, 1962) is a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

Sundqvist also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1985), two silvers (K-2 10000 m: 1993, K-4 1000 m: 1987), and seven bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1985, 1989; K-2 500 m: 1987, K-2 1000 m: 1993, K-2 10000 m: 1983, K-4 500 m: 1985, K-4 10000 m: 1990).

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Karl Sundqvist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.