Sofia Paldanius (born 16 March 1979) is a Swedish
sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. Her latest success is when she was fourth at the Olympic Games in London in K1 500 2012. She won four bronze medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...
(K-1 1000 m:
2007,
2010; K-2 500 m:
2009, K-4 200 m:
2006).
Paldanius also competed in three
Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth in the
K-2 500 m event at
London
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in
2012
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.
In January 2017 it was announced she would stop competing at top-level.
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1979 births
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists of Sweden
Swedish female canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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