Rolf Peterson

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold	1964 Tokyo	K-1 1000 m
Silver	1972 Munich	K-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold	1970 Copenhagen	K-2 500 m
Gold	1971 Belgrade	K-2 500 m
Silver	1970 Copenhagen	K-2 1000 m

Rolf Peterson (born May 11, 1944 in Halmstad) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-1 1000 m event with a gold in 1964 and a silver in 1972.

Peterson also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 500 m: 1970, 1971) and one silver (K-2 1000 m: 1970).

He was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1964.

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile

Awards
Preceded by Jonny Nilsson	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1964	Succeeded by Kjell Johansson