Egil Søby

Egil Søby

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	K-4 1000 m
	1972 Munich	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	1970 Copenhagen	K-4 10000 m
	1966 East Berlin	K-2 10000 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-2 10000 m

Egil Søby (born 25 November 1945) is a Norwegian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He won gold medal on K4 1000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City (with Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger and Jan Johansen),^[1] and earned a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich on the same distance.^[2]

Søby also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 10000 m: 1970) and two silvers (K-2 10000 m: 1966, 1971).

References

1. "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Canoeing" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
2. "1972 Summer Olympics – Munich, Germany – Canoeing" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)

• 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.
• Sports-reference.com profile