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Susanne Gunnarsson

1963 - Today

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Susanne Gunnarsson (née Wiberg; born 8 September 1963 in Katrineholm) is a Swedish sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won three medals with one gold (1996: K-2 500 m) and two silvers (1984: K-4 500 m, 1992: K-2 500 m). Gunnarsson also won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-1 5000 m: 1993), three silvers (K-2 200 m: 1995, K-2 500 m: 1981, K-4 200 m: 1998), and five bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1995, K-2 500 m: 1983, 1995; K-2 1000 m: 1998, K-4 500 m: 1981). She was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1996, jointly with Agneta Andersson. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Susanne Gunnarsson is the 4,084th most popular athlete (down from 3,377th in 2024), the 1,577th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,469th in 2019) and the 156th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Susanne Gunnarsson ranks 4,084 out of 6,025. Before her are Gunilla Andersson, Maarten van der Linden, Tiki Gelana, Olaf Winter, Janay DeLoach Soukup, and Matthias Mellinghaus. After her are Maximilian Reinelt, Lyudmila Kolchanova, Albina Akhatova, Marie Dorin Habert, Salvador Gómez, and Wojciech Nowicki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Susanne Gunnarsson ranks 1,086. Before her are John Dye, Mahamudu Bawumia, Ron Francis, Afeez Oyetoro, Steve Hegg, and Moana Carcasses Kalosil. After her are Yuri Krasnozhan, Amaka Igwe, Andrew Weatherall, Satoru Sakuma, Evgeny Yarovenko, and Andrzej Sypytkowski.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Susanne Gunnarsson ranks 1,577 out of 1,879. Before her are Maria Malmer Stenergard (1981), Henrik Stenson (1976), Johan Olsson (1980), Mikael Ishak (1993), Gunilla Andersson (1975), and Nils van der Poel (1996). After her are Nilla Fischer (1984), Hans Eklund (1969), Miiko Albornoz (1990), Linus Omark (1987), Carl Johan Bergman (1978), and Lisa Langseth (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Susanne Gunnarsson ranks 156. Before her are Emma Green (1984), Elisabet Gustafson (1964), Ulf Johansson (1967), Mattias Falck (1991), Eva Lund (1971), and Gunilla Andersson (1975). After her are Carl Johan Bergman (1978), Fredrik Lööf (1969), Anna Le Moine (1973), Johan Petersson (1973), Daniel Ståhl (1992), and Jesper Nelin (1992).

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