Svend Frømming (August 15, 1918 – April 7, 1979) was a
Danish sprint canoer
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who competed in the 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the
1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event was held under the International Canoe Federation.
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak
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in
Copenhagen
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.
Frømming also competed in two
Summer Olympics
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, earning his best finish of seventh in the
K-1 10000 m event at
Melbourne
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in
1956
Events
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References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1918 births
1979 deaths
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Danish male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Denmark
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Place of birth missing
20th-century Danish sportsmen
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