Bror Erik Alvar Bladström (29 March 1918 – 21 May 1998) was a Swedish

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

, where he was the youngest competitor, aged 18. Bladström also won a silver medal in the same event at the

1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the f ...

Vaxholm Vaxholm is a city, urban area and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It occupies the islands of Vaxön and Kullö in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Fortress, which was constructed in 154 ...

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* * 1918 births 1998 deaths Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Swedish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Västervik 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub