Rolf Peterson
Swedish canoeist (born 1944)
![]() Rolf Peterson by the 1960's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 11 May 1944 (1944-05-11) (age 80) Halmstad, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Halmstads Kanotklubb, Kanotföreningen Kanotisterna, Södertälje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rolf Peterson (born 11 May 1944) is a retired Swedish sprint canoeist. He competed in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1964 and a silver in 1972, finishing fifth in 1968. At the world championships Peterson won two gold and one silver medals in K-2 events in 1970–1971, all with Lars Andersson.[1][2] He was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1964 and served as the Swedish Olympic flag bearer in 1968.[3]
- Peterson at the 1964 Olympics
- Peterson with wife, Anna Lindgren, and children
- Anna checking Rolf's heart rate in 1968
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- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
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Preceded by Jonny Nilsson | Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1964 | Succeeded by Kjell Johansson |
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Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-1 1000 m
- 1936:
Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)
- 1948:
Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1952:
Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1956:
Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1960:
Erik Hansen (DEN)
- 1964:
Rolf Peterson (SWE)
- 1968:
Mihály Hesz (HUN)
- 1972:
Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS)
- 1976:
Rüdiger Helm (GDR)
- 1980:
Rüdiger Helm (GDR)
- 1984:
Alan Thompson (NZL)
- 1988:
Greg Barton (USA)
- 1992:
Clint Robinson (AUS)
- 1996:
Knut Holmann (NOR)
- 2000:
Knut Holmann (NOR)
- 2004:
Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)
- 2008:
Tim Brabants (GBR)
- 2012:
Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)
- 2016:
Marcus Walz (ESP)
- 2020:
Bálint Kopasz (HUN)