Isak Öhrström
Isak Öhrström during the 2019 Canoe slalom World Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Born | 26 November 1990 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sport | Canoe slalom |
Event | K1, Kayak cross |
Isak Öhrström (born 26 November 1990) is a Swedish slalom canoeist and who has competed at the international level since 2006, specializing in K1 and kayak cross.[1]
He is a two-time Olympian. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he became the first Swedish athlete in history to compete in the Olympic Games in canoe slalom. He finished in 15th place in the K1 event.[2][3] He also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 12th in the K1 event and 28th in kayak cross.
At the 2019 World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell he qualified a nation quota for the Tokyo Olympic Games for Sweden. He did not, however, represent Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Isak has been in several World Cup finals, including Prague 2015, Tacen 2016 and Tacen 2020 where he took the first ever world cup medal for Sweden with a gold.
In 2008 as he made it to the final of the K1 event at the World Junior Championships in Roudnice nad Labem.
World Cup individual podiums
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 17 October 2020 | Tacen | 1st | K1 |
| 2022 | 26 June 2022 | Tacen | 1st | Kayak cross |
References
- ^ "Isak ÖHRSTRÖM (SWE)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "Isak Ohrstrom". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ "Kayak (K1) Men - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
External links
- Isak Öhrström at the International Canoe Federation
- Isak Öhrström at Olympics.com
- Isak Öhrström at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Isak Öhrström at Olympedia