Markus Oscarsson

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	K-2 1000 m
Silver	2000 Sydney	K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold	2002 Seville	K-2 1000 m
Gold	2003 Gainesville	K-2 1000 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-1 1000 m
Silver	2011 Szeged	K-2 1000 m
Bronze	2001 Poznań	K-2 500 m

Markus Oscarsson (born 9 May 1977 in Västerås) is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000.

Oscarsson won two silver medals at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Yamanashi, Japan, finishing behind Hungary's Zoltan Kammerer in both the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m finals.

He then formed a highly successful K2 partnership with Henrik Nilsson. They went on to become world champions in 2002 and 2003. They also won a bronze in the K-2 500 m event at the 2001 championships.

Oscarsson took a year off competitive canoeing in 2005. He returned to action in 2006 and won the K-1 1000 m bronze medal at the European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic - the first individual medal of his senior career. The following month he became K-1 1000 m world champion in Szeged, Hungary, edging out Britain's Tim Brabants by 0.06 sec. This was Sweden's first gold medal in canoeing's Blue Riband event since the late Gert Fredriksson's victory in 1954.

Oscarsson is 184 cm (6' 0) tall and weighs 84 kg (185 lb).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Official website
• Sports-reference.com profile

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Name	Oscarsson, Markus
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Date of birth	9 May 1977
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