Thor AXELSSON

A week after winning bronze medals in K2-1000 and K2-10K at the 1948 Olympics, Ture Axelsson and Nils Björklöf won K2-500 gold at the World Championships, also held in London. Domestically Axelsson won 11 Finnish titles in various K1, K2 and relay events. In the 1940s, Axelsson was a board member of the Finnish Canoeing Federation.