Eva Karlsson

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Eva Karlsson
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles K-4 500 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Nottingham K-4 500 m

Eva Karlsson (born 21 September 1961) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Susanne Wiberg-Gunnarsson, Anna Olsson and Agneta Andersson.

Karlsson's husband Thomas Ohlsson won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at those same games.

She also won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Nottingham.

References[edit]

  • 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)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eva Karlsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.