Rolf Peterson
Appearance
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Born | 11 May 1944 Halmstad, Sweden | (age 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Halmstads Kanotklubb, Kanotföreningen Kanotisterna, Södertälje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rolf Peterson (born 11 May 1944) is a retired Swedish sprint canoeist. He competed in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1964 and a silver in 1972, finishing fifth in 1968. At the world championships Peterson won two gold and one silver medals in K-2 events in 1970–1971, all with Lars Andersson.[1][2] He was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1964 and served as the Swedish Olympic flag bearer in 1968.[3]
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Peterson at the 1964 Olympics
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Peterson with wife, Anna Lindgren, and children
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Anna checking Rolf's heart rate in 1968
References
[edit]- ^ Rolf Peterson. sports-reference.com
- ^ Rolf Peterson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Sweden. sports-reference.com
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rolf Peterson.
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Halmstad
- Swedish male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for Sweden
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden