Sven Anders Andersson ( Swede Sven Anders Andersson ; December 18, 1952 , Nykoping ) - Swedish kayaker , played for the Swedish national team in the second half of the 1970s. Participant of two summer Olympic Games, winner and winner of regattas of national and international importance.
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| A country |  Sweden |
| Specialization | kayak sprint |
| Club | Nyköpings kanotklubb |
| Date of Birth | December 18, 1952 (66 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Nykoping , Sweden |
| Growth | 181 cm |
| Weight | 76 kg |
Biography
Anders Andersson was born on December 18, 1952 in the city of Nykoping Lena Södermanland . He began to actively engage in rowing from early childhood, was trained at the Nyköpings canoe club ( Nyköpings kanotklubb ).
He achieved his first serious success at the adult international level in 1976, when he joined the main team of the Swedish national team and thanks to a series of successful performances he was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the Montreal Summer Olympics . I started here in twos with team-mate Lars Andersson : at the distance of 500 meters I showed the seventh result in the final, while at a distance of 1000 meters I managed to reach only the semi-finals stage, where I finished fourth.
After the Montreal Olympics, Andersson remained in the main composition of the rowing team of Sweden and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1980, he passed the selection for the Olympic Games in Moscow - this time he performed in singles: at five hundred meters he took sixth place in the final, not reaching the prize positions, while he was only a thousand meters in the final protocol on the ninth line. Soon after the end of these competitions, he decided to end the career of a professional athlete, giving way to young Swedish rowers in the national team.
Links
- Anders Andersson - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Lists of kayaking and canoeing champions and prize winners (1936-2007 )