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About Gunnar Åkerlund
- Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund (20 November 1923 – 4 October 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
- He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in 1948 and a silver in 1952. Åkerlund won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 10000 m: 1950, K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-4 1000 m: 1950).
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