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Canoe racer
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Male
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Birth:
20 November 1923(Nyköping, Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden)
Death:
4 October 2006(Nyköping, Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden)
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Biography
Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund (20 November 1923 – 4 October 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in 1948 and a silver in 1952.
Åkerlund won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 10000 m: 1950, K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-4 1000 m: 1950).