Andreas Lind
Encyclopedia
Andreas Lind was a Danish
sprint canoer
who competed in the early 1950s. He won two medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
with a silver in the K-1 4 x 500 m: and a bronze in the K-1 500 m.
Lind also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
in Helsinki
, finishing ninth in the K-2 1000 m
event.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....
who competed in the early 1950s. He won two medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
with a silver in the K-1 4 x 500 m: and a bronze in the K-1 500 m.
Lind also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, finishing ninth in the K-2 1000 m
Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's K-2 1000 metres
These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on July 28.-Medalists:-Heats:...
event.