Karin Lindberg

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Karin Lindberg
Women's artistic gymnastics
ClubGK Stockholmsflickorna, Stockholm
Arbetarnas GF, Örebro
SSIF, Stockholm
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Team portable apparatus
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team portable apparatus
World Championships
Gold medal – first place
1950 Basel
Team all-around

Karin Elisabet Lindberg (later Lindén, 6 October 1929 – 2 December 2020) was a Swedish

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]

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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