Lars Glassér

Lars Glassér

Personal information
Full name	Lars Bertil Glassér
Born	4 October 1925 (1925-10-04) Stockholm, Sweden
Died	15 January 1999 (1999-01-16) (aged 73) Rättvik, Sweden
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki K-2 1000 m World Championships 1948 London K-1 4 x 500 m 1950 Copenhagen K-1 4 x 500 m 1950 Copenhagen K-2 500 m 1950 Copenhagen K-2 1000 m 1954 Mâcon K-1 4 x 500 m 1948 London K-1 500 m

Lars Bertil Glassér (4 October 1925 – 15 January 1999) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Glasser also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1948, 1950, 1954; K-2 500 m: 1950, K-2 1000 m: 1950) and one silver (K-1 500 m: 1948). Note that the K-1 500 m, K-1 4 x 500 m, and K-2 500 m events were part of the International Canoe Federation's 1948 World Championships and not of the 1948 Summer Olympics, which was also in London. The K-1 4 x 500 m event was held at the Summer Olympics once at the 1960 Games in Rome while the K-1 500 m and K-2 500 m have been held at every Olympics since the 1976 Games in Montreal.

References

• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lars Glassér". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

External links

• Lars Glassér at Olympedia
• Lars Glasser at Olympics.com
• Lars Glassér at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)