Gunnar Olsson (born April 26, 1960) is a

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sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at

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in 1992. Olsson also won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event in

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at the

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and two bronze medals in the K-4 10000 m event in Poznan

and in the K-2 1000 m event in

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1960 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Swedish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub