Erik Zeidlitz (alternate listings: Eric Zeidlitz, Erik Sigurd Zeidlitz, Eric Sigrud Zeidlitz, born December 11, 1945) is a
Swedish sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...
who competed from the 1966 to 1980. He won two medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...
with a silver (C-2 1000 m:
1966
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) and a bronze (C-2 10000 m:
1970
Events
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).
Zeidlitz also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres, C-2 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1945 births
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Sweden
Swedish male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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