Bodil Svendsen

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Female
Full name	Bodil Margrethe•Svendsen (Thirsted-)
Used name	Bodil•Svendsen
Born	4 November 1916 in København (Copenhagen), Hovedstaden (DEN)
Died	23 September 2001 (aged 84 years 10 months 19 days)
Affiliations	Kastrup Kajak Klub, Kastrup, Tårnby (DEN)
NOC	Denmark

Biography

Bodil Thirstedt-Svendsen had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1948 K2 500 m (with Karen Hoff), 3rd 1938 K1 600 m, 3rd 1938 K2 600 m (with the non-Olympian Ruth Lange).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1952 Summer Olympics	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing)	DEN			Bodil Svendsen
	Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women (Olympic)		5

Olympic family relations

Wife of Axel Svendsen

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint World Championships (1–0–2 1938 Vaxholm bronze: K1 600 m and K2 600 m (competed as Bodil Thirstedt); 1948 London gold: K2 500 m)