Geir Kvillum

Norwegian canoeist
Geir Kvillum
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 Tampere K-4 10000 m

Geir Kvillum (born 6 May 1959) is a Norwegian sprint canoeist 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.

He has been a second vice president of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports, president of the Norwegian Canoe Association[1][2] and board member of the European Canoe Association.[3] He represents the club Bærum KK.

References

  1. ^ "Nekter å være syndebukk". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 14 April 2004.
  2. ^ "Holmann kan ryke i padleforbundet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). 27 February 2004.
  3. ^ "European Canoe Association". www.canoe-europe.org.

Sources

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • 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. "Geir Kvillum". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21.
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