Isak Öhrström

{{short description|Swedish slalom canoeist and an Olympian (born 1990)}}

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Isak Öhrström (born 26 November 1990) is a Swedish slalom canoeist and an Olympian who has competed since 2006.{{cite web|title=Overview of athlete's results|website=CanoeSlalom.net|url=http://www.canoeslalom.net/int/index/index_79.html#11715|accessdate=4 September 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916121734/http://www.canoeslalom.net/int/index/index_79.html#11715|archivedate=16 September 2016}}

In 2008 as a junior he made it to the final at the World Championships in the Czech Republic. He also finished 4th at the Youth Olympic Games in Sydney 2009 after winning the semifinal.

In Brazil 2016 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 at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|title=Isak Ohrstrom |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/isak-ohrstrom |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=August 24, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819043338/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/isak-ohrstrom |archivedate=August 19, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Kayak (K1) Men - Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/canoe-slalom-standings-cs-kayak-k1-men |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=August 24, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825023534/https://www.rio2016.com/en/canoe-slalom-standings-cs-kayak-k1-men |archivedate=August 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

At the World Championships in Spain 2019 he qualified a nation quota for the Tokyo Olympic Games for Sweden.

On the first ever race on the venue that will hold the Tokyo Olympic Games he finished in 5th place.

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.

He has also won a number of races in the World Ranking Series organised by the International Canoe Federation.

World Cup individual podiums

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2020align=right| 17 October 2020align=left| Tacenbgcolor=gold|1stK1
2022align=right| 26 June 2022align=left| Tacenbgcolor=gold|1stExtreme K1

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