Achievements He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Klingström also won four medals at the International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4×500 m: 1948, 1950. K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-1 500 m: 1950).