Geir Kvillum
Encyclopedia
Geir Kvillum is a Norwegian
sprint canoer
who competed in the early to mid 1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
in Tampere
.
Kvillum also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles
in the K-4 1000 m
event, but was eliminated in the semifinals.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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 to mid 1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Tampere, Finland for the second time. The Finnish city had host the championships previously in 1973.The men's competition consisted of six Canadian and nine kayak events...
in Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
.
Kvillum also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in the K-4 1000 m
Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's K-4 1000 metres
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.-Medalists:-Heats:15 crews entered in two heats on August 7...
event, but was eliminated in the semifinals.