Nils Torbjörn Thoresson (born December 29, 1959) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mechelen. Thoresson also finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Thoresson went on spending his professional career as a Fire Fighter and retired 2019. Not to settle down in retirement but to continue working as a PE-teacher. He lives a quiet family life and still enjoys canoeing. References Sports-reference.com profile 1959 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Sweden Swedish male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak