Gunnar Utterberg
Swedish canoe racer (1942–2021)
![]() Gunnar Utterberg competing for Sweden in 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1942-11-28)28 November 1942 Jönköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 September 2021(2021-09-12) (aged 78) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Nyköpings Kanotklubb | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gunnar Utterberg (28 November 1942 – 12 September 2021) was a Swedish canoe sprinter from Jönköping. He competed in 1000 m doubles and fours at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in the doubles event in 1964.[1] He also won three silver medals at the European championships in 1967 and 1969.[2] He died in September 2021, at the age of 78.[3]
References
External links
Media related to Gunnar Utterberg at Wikimedia Commons
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Olympic kayaking champions in men's K-2 1000 m
- 1936:
Adolf Kainz / Alfons Dorfner (AUT)
- 1948:
Hans Berglund / Lennart Klingström (SWE)
- 1952:
Kurt Wires / Yrjö Hietanen (FIN)
- 1956:
Michel Scheuer / Meinrad Miltenberger (EUA)
- 1960:
Gert Fredriksson / Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE)
- 1964:
Sven-Olov Sjödelius / Gunnar Utterberg (SWE)
- 1968:
Aleksandr Shaparenko / Vladimir Morozov (URS)
- 1972:
Nikolai Gorbachev / Viktor Kratasyuk (URS)
- 1976:
Serhei Nahorny / Vladimir Romanovsky (URS)
- 1980:
Vladimir Parfenovich / Sergei Chukhray (URS)
- 1984:
Hugh Fisher / Alwyn Morris (CAN)
- 1988:
Greg Barton / Norman Bellingham (USA)
- 1992:
Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche (GER)
- 1996:
Daniele Scarpa / Antonio Rossi (ITA)
- 2000:
Antonio Rossi / Beniamino Bonomi (ITA)
- 2004:
Markus Oscarsson / Henrik Nilsson (SWE)
- 2008:
Andreas Ihle / Martin Hollstein (GER)
- 2012:
Rudolf Dombi / Roland Kökény (HUN)
- 2016:
Max Rendschmidt / Marcus Gross (GER)
- 2020:
Jean van der Westhuyzen / Thomas Green (AUS)