Bofil Thirstedt Svendsen (born November 4, 1916) is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 sprint canoer

Canoe racing

This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....

 who competed from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1948) and two bronzes (K-1 600 m, K-2 600 m: both 1938).

Svendsen also competed in the K-1 500 m

Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Women's K-1 500 metres

These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and semifinals took place on July 28.-Medalists:-Heats:...

 event at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

 in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, but was eliminated in the heats. Her husband, Axel

Axel Svendsen

Axel Valdemar Svendsen was a Danish canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Copenhagen.In 1936, he and his partner Verner Løvgreen finished fourth in the K-2 10000 metres competition...

, also competed in the canoeing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men.The competitions were...

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