Hans Wetterström (11 December 1923 – 17 November 1980) was a Swedish

canoe sprint 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 ...

er. He competed in the 10,000 m doubles event at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and finished in first, second and fourth place, respectively. Wetterström also won four medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

with two golds (K-2 10000 m:

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

, K-4 1000 m:

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

) and two silvers (K-4 1000 m: 1950, K-4 10000 m:

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

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Hans Wetterström
Swedish Olympic Committee

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* * * 1923 births 1980 deaths Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Swedish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nyköping 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub