Thomas Ohlsson (born 20 September 1958) is a
Swedish
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sprint canoer
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who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at
Los Angeles
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in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
. Ohlsson's wife,
Eva Karlsson, won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at those same games.
He also won a complete set of medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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with a gold (K-4 1000 m:
1982
Events
January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
), a silver (K-4 500 m:
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...
), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 1982).
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1958 births
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Sweden
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Swedish male canoeists
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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