Bror Erik Alvar Bladström (29 March 1918 – 21 May 1998) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

sprint canoeist 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 in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

, where he was the youngest competitor, aged 18. Bladström also won a silver medal in the same event at the

1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the f ...

in Vaxholm.

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* * 1918 births 1998 deaths Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Swedish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Västervik Municipality Sportspeople from Kalmar County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub