Gert Fredriksson

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Olympic medal record
Men's canoeing
Gold	1948 London	K-1 1000 m
Gold	1948 London	K-1 10,000 m
Gold	1952 Helsinki	K-1 1000 m
Gold	1956 Melbourne	K-1 1000 m
Gold	1956 Melbourne	K-1 10,000 m
Gold	1960 Rome	K-2 1000 m
Silver	1952 Helsinki	K-1 10,000 m
Bronze	1960 Rome	K-1 1000 m

Gert Fredriksson (November 21, 1919 – July 5, 2006) was a Swedish kayaker.

He was the most successful male canoeist ever, having gained medals in a succession of Swedish, Nordic, World and Olympic championships from 1942 - 1960. Fredriksson remains the most successful Swede at the Olympics, winning six gold medals at four Olympics. [1]

Fredriksson won his first Olympic gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics winning the 1,000 and 10,000 metre events. His margin of victory in the 10,000 metres was 30.5 seconds which is still an Olympic record in the event. [2]

He also won seven gold medals at the World Championships and 71 medals in the Swedish championships. [3]

Frederiksson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1949

Olympic Medals

Year	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948	1000m K1	1
	10000m K1	1
1952	1000m K1	1
	10000m K1		1
1956	1000m K1	1
	10000m K1	1
1960	1000m K1			1
	1000m K2	1
Total		6	1	1

World Championships

Year	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948	500m K1	1
	4 x 500m K1	1
1950	1000m K1	1
	10000m K1		1
	4 x 500m K1	1
1954	500m K1	1
	1000m K1	1
	4 x 500m K1	1
1958	500m K1		1
	1000m K1			1
	4 x 500m K1			1
Total		7	2	2

Nordic Championships

Year	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1946 -1955	500m K1	2
	1000m K1	5
	10000m K1	5
	4 x 500m K1	5
Total		17

Swedish Championships

Year	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1942 -1960	500m K1	1	1
	1000m K1	16	1	1
	10000m K1	15		1
Total		32	2	2

[edit] References

• Slam sports "Swedish canoeist Gert Fredriksson, 6-time Olympic gold medallist, dies at 86" July 6 2006
• International Olympic Committee biography

Preceded by William Grut

Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1949

Succeeded by Lennart Bergelin