Bengt Backlund

Bengt Backlund (3 March 1926 – 11 July 2006) was a Swedish flatwater canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in the C-1 1000 m and the C-1 1000m m events.

Bengt Backlund
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1950 CopenhagenC-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1950 CopenhagenC-1 10000 m

Backlund also finished fourth in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

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