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Carl-Åke Ljung

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Carl-Åke Ljung
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Mâcon K-1 4 x 500 m

Carl-Åke Ljung (born August 16, 1934) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.[1][2]

Ljung also competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but was eliminated in the heats.[3]

References

  1. ^ "ICF Medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. ^ "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2 rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines 1936-2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Carl-Ake Ljung". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.


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