Werner Wettersten (19 April 1923 - 15 August 2009) was a
Swedish
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sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. At the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
in
London, he finished sixth both in the
C-2 1000 m and
C-2 10000 m events.
Eight years later, Wettersten also finished sixth both in the
C-1 1000 m and
C-1 10000 m events.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
(Swedish)
1923 births
Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Sweden
2009 deaths
Swedish male canoeists
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