Kevin Charles Jonathan Hermansson (born 13 March 1990 in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

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) is a Swedish

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and part of the Swedish rowing team. He has competed in two separate

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, junior WCH in

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2008 and senior U23 WCH in

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, the

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2009. Kevin has won the national championships for juniors five years a row and came 7th in the world junior champs 2008, even though he was a lightweight rower competing against mostly heavyweights. 2009 he was in strokeposition for Sweden's lightweight

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and they came 8th at the world U23 champs, with the time 6.00.90. Kevin has not been competing internationally since his first child was born in 2010. In Sweden he is competing for "Kungälvs Roddklubb", the rowing club in

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, 20 km north of

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Swedish lightweight campaign (only Swedish)
1990 births Living people Swedish male rowers Sportspeople from Gothenburg {{Sweden-bio-stub