Bengt Backlund, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bengt Backlund

Swedish canoeist

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1926

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 11-Jul-2006

Profession: canoeist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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