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.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1985 Mechelen | K-4 10000 m |
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 in Mechelen.
Thoresson also finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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
- 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)
- Sports-reference.com profile
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