Torbjörn Blomqvist (February 14, 1941 – February 20, 2017) was a Finnish sprint canoer, who competed in the early 1960s. He was born in

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. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 4 × 500 m event at the

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References

Torbjörn Blomqvist's profile at Sports Reference.comTorbjörn Blomqvist's obituary
1941 births 2017 deaths Canoeists from Helsinki Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Finnish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Finland 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-canoe-bio-stub