Anders Svensson (born June 9, 1977) is a

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who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the

1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Lake Banook. The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. Th ...

in Dartmouth. Svensson also competed in the K-1 500 m event at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, but was eliminated in the semifinals.

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