Erik Bladström

Bror Erik Alvar Bladström (29 March 1918 – 21 May 1998) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he was the youngest competitor, aged 18.^[1][2][3]

Erik Bladström

Bladström at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Born	29 March 1918 Västervik, Sweden
Died	21 May 1998 (aged 80) Västervik, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Canoe racing
Club	Westerviks KK, Västervik
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Folding K-2 10000 m World Championships 1938 Vaxholm K-2 10000 m folding

Bladström also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.^[1]