Tord Sahlén
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Tord Sahlén (born 17 May 1937) is 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 canoer who competed in the mid to late 1960s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the
1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. The men's competition consisted of four Canadian ...
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. Sahlén also finished fourth in the K-4 1000 m event at the
1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
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1937 births Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Sweden Swedish male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Sweden-canoe-bio-stub