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Canoe racer
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20 September 1958(Norrköping, Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden)
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Biography
Thomas Ohlsson (born September 20, 1958) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. Ohlsson's wife, Eva Karlsson, won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at those same games.
He also won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1982), a silver (K-4 500 m: 1981), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 1982).