# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thor-axelsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:59:42.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thor-axelsson"
name: "Thor Axelsson"
slug: "thor-axelsson"
description: "Ture Wilhelm \"Thor\" Axelsson was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events. He was born in Helsinki. Axelsson also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London. Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the Summer Olympics until the 1976 Games in Montreal. The event has been on the Olympic program since then."
tagline: "Canoe racer (1921–2012)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1921-07-03"
deathDate: "2012-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.44
  momentum:             22.14285714285714
  historical:           12.003024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ture Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ture_Axelsson"
    title: "Ture Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تور اکسلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ture_Axelsson"
    title: "Ture Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ture_Axelsson"
    title: "Ture Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Axelsson"
    title: "Thor Axelsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5"
    title: "Аксельссон, Туре"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump