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Isak Öhrström

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Isak Öhrström during the 2019 Canoe slalom World Championships.

Isak Öhrström (born 26 November 1990) is a Swedish slalom canoeist and an Olympian who has competed since 2006.[1]

In 2008 as a junior he made it to the final at the World Championships in the Czech Republic. He also finished 4th at the Youth Olympic Games in Sydney 2009 after winning the semifinal.

In Brazil 2016 he became the first Swedish athlete in history to compete in the Olympic Games in Canoe Slalom. He finished in 15th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2][3]

At the World Championships in Spain 2019 he qualified a nation quota for the Tokyo Olympic Games for Sweden.

On the first ever race on the venue that will hold the Tokyo Olympic Games he finished in 5th place.

Isak has been in two World Cup finals, one in Prague 2015 and the other one in Ljubljana in 2016.

He has also won a number of races in the World Ranking Series organised by the International Canoe Federation.


References

  1. ^ "Overview of athlete's results". CanoeSlalom.net. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Isak Ohrstrom". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "Kayak (K1) Men - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.