Nils Torbjörn Thoresson (born December 29, 1959) is a
Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the
1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium.
The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak
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Thoresson also finished ninth in the
K-4 1000 m event at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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Thoresson went on spending his professional career as a Fire Fighter and retired 2019. Not to settle down in retirement but to continue working as a PE-teacher. He lives a quiet family life and still enjoys canoeing.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1959 births
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Sweden
Swedish male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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