Lars Ivar Andersson (born November 22, 1948) is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 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 from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 500 m: 1970, 1971) and three silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1970, 1971; K-2 1000 m: 1970).

Andersson also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-2 1000 m

Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heats were shown timed in tenths of a second while the rest of the events were shown timed in hundredths of a second .-Medalists:-Heats:The 20...

 event at Mexico City

Mexico City

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 in 1968

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

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