Frida Svensson (born 18 August 1981 in
Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish wo ...
, Sweden) is a professional
sculler
Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat with sliding seats, rigged with two oars per rower may be referred to as a scull, it ...
. She won a gold medal in the women's single scull at the
2010 World Rowing Championships
The 2010 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 October to 7 November 2010 on Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organised by FISA (the International Ro ...
in Lake Karapiro, the victory was notable for narrowly defeating
Ekaterina Karsten
Ekaterina Karsten ( be, Кацярына Карстэн, ''Kaciaryna Karsten''; russian: Екатерина Карстен; born 2 June 1972) is a Belarusian rower, a seven-time Olym ...
who has dominated women's sculling since 1996. She was Swedish Rower of the year in 2006, and won a bronze medal at the women's single scull at the
2006 World Rowing Championships
The 2006 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 20 to 27 August 2006 at Dorney Lake, Eton, Great Britain.
Medal summary
Men
Non-Olympic classes
Women
Non-Olympic classes
Wettbewerbe des Pararudern ...
on
Dorney Lake
Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of ...
Eton.
[ Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.]
References
External links
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FISA Athlete of the Month April 2008
1981 births
Living people
Swedish female rowers
Olympic rowers for Sweden
Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Rowing Championships medalists for Sweden
European Rowing Championships medalists
People from Falkenberg
Sportspeople from Halland County
21st-century Swedish women
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