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Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
About Thor Axelsson
- Ture Wilhelm "Thor" Axelsson (3 July 1921 – 2 August 2012) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s.
- He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events.
- He was born in Helsinki.
- Axelsson also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London.
- Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the Summer Olympics until the 1976 Games in Montreal.
- The event has been on the Olympic program since then.
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