Karin Elisabet Lindberg (later Lindén, 6 October 1929 – 2 December 2020) was a Swedish gymnast.[1] She competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in team exercise with portable apparatus, in 1952 and 1956, respectively. Her teams finished fourth all-around in 1948 and 1952. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, she had the highest score in the entire competition on vault in both the compulsory and optional segments of the competition. She continued to be impressive on this apparatus for years to come as evidenced by the fact that she took seventh place on the vault in 1952.[2][3]
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| Born | 6 October 1929 Kalix, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 December 2020 (aged 91) Örebro, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | GK Stockholmsflickorna, Stockholm Arbetarnas GF, Örebro SSIF, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Karin Lindberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Karin Lindén". SOK.se (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karin Lindberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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