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Carl-Åke Ljung

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
	1954 Mâcon	K-1 4 x 500 m

Carl-Åke Ljung (16 August 1934 – 16 February 2023) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.

Ljung also competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but was eliminated in the heats.

Ljung died in Västervik on 16 February 2023, at the age of 88.

References

1. "ICF Medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
2. "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2 rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines 1936-2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
3. "Carl-Ake Ljung". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
4. "Carl-Åke Ljung". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

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