Ola Lindgren

Lindgren made his debut for Drott in 1981.[1] He won Swedish Championships with the club in 1984, 1988 and 1990.[2] In 1990 he joined German club TSV Dutenhofen but returned to Drott in 1992.[1] He won a fourth Swedish Championship with Drott in 1994.[2] He later played for German clubs HSG Düsseldorf from 1995 to 1998 and HSG Nordhorn from 1998 to 2003.[1]

In 1988 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored ten goals.[3] Two years later he was part of the team that won the World Championship, playing all seven matches and scoring 13 goals.[4] He was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal at the 1992 Olympics. He played all seven matches and scored twelve goals.[3] At the 1993 World Championship, he was a member of the Swedish team that captured a bronze medal. He played six matches in the tournament and scored 15 goals.[5] In 1994, he was part of the Swedish squad that won the inaugural European Championship.[6] In 1996 he won his second Olympic silver medal with the Swedish team. He played six matches and scored three goals.[3] He also won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championship. In 1998 he was part of the Swedish team that won their second European Championship. A year later, he won his second World Championship. In 2000, he was a member of the Swedish team that won their second consecutive European Championship.[6] He made his last Olympic appearance in the same year when he won his third consecutive silver medal with the Swedish team. He played all eight matches and scored four goals.[3] In 2001, he was part of the Swedish squad that won silver at the World Championship. He won his last international medal in 2002 as Sweden won their third consecutive European Championship.[6]

Lindgren started his coaching career as player-coach for HSG Düsseldorf between 1996 and 1998. He coached HSG Nordhorn from 2003 to 2009[1] and won the 2007–08 EHF Cup with the club.[7] He coached Rhein Neckar-Löwen from 2009 to 2010.[1] In addition to his club coaching career, he was assistant coach for Sweden from 2007 to 2008 and head coach from 2008 to 2016. During this time, Sweden reached the semi-finals of the 2011 World Championship and the final of the 2012 Summer Olympics. He became coach of Kristianstad in 2012[1] and won three consecutive Swedish Championships with the club from 2015 to 2017.