About Tove Søby
Born 1933. Tove Søby is a Danish kayaker.
Tove Goltermann Søby (née Nielsen, born 23 January 1933) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1950s.
She won a silver medal in the K-1 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.
She won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne behind Yelizaveta Dementyeva from the Soviet Union and Therese Zenz from Germany. Shortly afterwards she retired.
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Who is Tove Søby?
Danish canoe racer
When was Tove Søby born?
Tove Søby was born on 23 January 1933 in Copenhagen.
What is Tove Søby's occupation?
Tove Søby is a kayaker.
What nationality is Tove Søby?
Tove Søby is Danish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tove Søby. https://biography.guide/tove-soby/
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Chicago: "Tove Søby." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/tove-soby/.
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