Olaf Søyland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Olaf Søyland

Norwegian canoeist

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1952

Place of Birth: Flekkefjord, Southern Norway, Norway

Profession: canoeist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Olaf Søyland (born 28 July 1952) is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s.
He was born in Flekkefjord.
He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 1979, K-4 10000 m: 1975) and a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1978). Søyland also finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.