Agneta Monica Andersson (born 25 April 1961 in

Karlskoga Karlskoga () is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. Located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population of 27,386 distributed over 10.55 square miles (2 ...

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) is a former

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sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, she won seven medals with three gold (K-1 500 m:

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, K-2 500 m: 1984, 1996), two silvers (K-4 500 m: 1984, K-2 500 m: 1992), and two bronzes (K-4 500 m: 1992, 1996). Andersson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1996, jointly with

Susanne Gunnarsson Susanne Gunnarsson (née Wiberg; born 8 September 1963 in Katrineholm) is a Swedish sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won three medals with one gold ...

. She also won eleven medals at the

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

with a gold (K-2 500 m:

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), three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1982, K-2 500 m:

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, K-4 500 m: 1993), and seven bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1981,

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; K-2 500 m: 1982,

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, 1985,

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Agneta 1961 births Living people People from Karlskoga Municipality Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Swedish female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Örebro County