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.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1975 Belgrade | K-4 10000 m |
| 1979 Duisburg | K-2 1000 m |
 | 1978 Belgrade | K-2 1000 m |
References
edit- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Olaf Søyland at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
External links
edit- Olaf Søyland at Olympedia
- Olaf Søyland at InterSportStats
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