Ingemar Hedberg
Encyclopedia
Ingemar Hedberg (born March 8, 1920) was a Swedish
sprint canoer
who competed in the early 1950s. He won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics
in Helsinki
.
Hedberg also won three gold medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
, earning them in the K-1 4 x 500 m, K-2 500 m, and K-2 1000 m events.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
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who competed in the early 1950s. He won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m 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...
.
Hedberg also won three gold medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, earning them in the K-1 4 x 500 m, K-2 500 m, and K-2 1000 m events.