Ingemar Hedberg

Ingemar Hedberg

Personal information
Full name	Ingemar Harald Robert Hedberg
Born	(1920-03-08)8 March 1920 Örebro, Sweden
Died	19 May 2019(2019-05-19) (aged 99) Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Brunnsvikens Kanotklubb, Stockholm
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki K-2 1000 m World Championships 1950 Copenhagen K-1 4×500 m 1950 Copenhagen K-2 500 m 1950 Copenhagen K-2 1000 m

Ingemar Harald Robert Hedberg (8 March 1920 – 19 May 2019) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.^[1][2] Hedberg also won three gold medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen, earning them in the K-1 4×500 m, K-2 500 m, and K-2 1000 m events.^[1][2] He died in May 2019 at the age of 99.^[3][2]

References

1. Ingemar Hedberg Archived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
2. Ingemar Hedberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
3. "Dödsannonser - Sök efter dödsannonser på familjesidan.se".

• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.

External links

• Ingemar Hedberg at Olympedia (archive)
• Ingemar Hedberg at Olympics.com
• Ingemar Hedberg at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)