Karin Lindberg

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 good on this apparatus for years to come as evidenced by the fact that she took seventh place on the vault in 1952.[2][3]

Karin Lindberg
Personal information
Born6 October 1929 (1929-10-06)
Kalix, Sweden
Died2 December 2020(2020-12-02) (aged 91)
Örebro, Sweden
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubGK Stockholmsflickorna, Stockholm
Arbetarnas GF, Örebro
SSIF, Stockholm
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1952 HelsinkiTeam portable apparatus
Silver medal – second place1956 MelbourneTeam portable apparatus
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1950 BaselTeam all-around

References
  1. "Karin Lindberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "Karin Lindén". SOK.se (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee.
  3. 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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