Sofia Paldanius (born 16 March 1979) is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. Her latest success is when she was fourth at the Olympic Games in London in K1 500 2012. She won four bronze medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

(K-1 1000 m:

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; K-2 500 m:

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, K-4 200 m:

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). Paldanius also competed in four

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, earning her best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at

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. In January 2017 it was announced she would stop competing at top-level.

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* * * * * * 1979 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Sweden Swedish female canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Sweden-canoe-bio-stub