Nils Torbjörn Thoresson (born December 29, 1959) is a
Swedish
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sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed from the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the
1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium.
The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of ...
in
Mechelen
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.
Thoresson also finished ninth in the
K-4 1000 m event at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in
Moscow
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.
Thoresson went on spending his professional career as a Fire Fighter and retired 2019. Not to settle down in retirement but to continue working as a PE-teacher. He lives a quiet family life and still enjoys canoeing.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1959 births
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists of Sweden
Swedish male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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