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).

Einar Rasmussen

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
	1975 Belgrade	K-4 10000 m
	1979 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
	1981 Nottingham	K-1 10000 m
	1983 Tampere	K-1 10000 m
	1978 Belgrade	K-2 1000 m
	1979 Duisburg	K-1 10000 m
	1982 Belgrade	K-1 10000 m
	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

1. 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.