Nils Olof Wallin (May 4, 1904 – March 8, 1987) was a
Swedish
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canoeist
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who competed in 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 ...
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He was born and died in
Västervik
Västervik is a city status in Sweden, city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 36,747 inhabitants in 2021. Västervik is one of three coastal towns with a notable population size in the province of Småland.
Cl ...
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In 1936 he finished ninth in the
K-1 10000 m event.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1904 births
1987 deaths
Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Sweden
Swedish male canoeists
People from Västervik Municipality
Sportspeople from Kalmar County
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