Verner Løvgreen (July 29, 1910 – May 6, 1990) was a
Danish canoeist
Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...
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 ...
.
He was born in
Copenhagen and died in
Tårnby.
In 1936 he and his partner
Axel Svendsen
Axel Valdemar Svendsen (March 8, 1912 – August 10, 1995) was a Danish canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Copenhagen.
In 1936, he and his partner Verner Løvgreen finished fourth in the K-2 10000 metr ...
finished fourth in the
K-2 10000 m event. Løvgreen and Svendsen also competed in the
K-2 1000 m event and finished seventh.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1910 births
1990 deaths
Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Danish male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Denmark
Sportspeople from Copenhagen
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