Einar Rasmussen
Einar Rasmussen (born 16 July 1956) is a Norwegian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 10000 m: 1981, 1983; K-2 1000 m: 1979, K-4 10000 m: 1975), three silvers (K-1 10000 m: 1979, 1982; K-2 1000 m: 1978), and three bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1981, 1982; K-1 10000 m: 1987).
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1975 Belgrade | K-4 10000 m |
| 1979 Duisburg | K-2 1000 m |
| 1981 Nottingham | K-1 10000 m |
| 1983 Tampere | K-1 10000 m |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1978 Belgrade | K-2 1000 m |
| 1979 Duisburg | K-1 10000 m |
| 1982 Belgrade | K-1 10000 m |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1981 Nottingham | K-1 1000 m |
| 1982 Belgrade | K-1 1000 m |
| 1987 Duisburg | K-1 10000 m |
Rasmussen also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976.
He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[1]
References
- Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- 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)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Einar Rasmussen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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