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Swedish canoeist
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Male
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Birth:
3 March 1926(Stockholm)
Death:
11 July 2006
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Biography
Bengt Backlund (3 March 1926 – 11 July 2006) 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.