Evy Berggren
Evy Margareta Berggren (born June 16, 1934 in Skellefteå , † December 5, 2018 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish gymnast.
In 1950, gymnastics world championships were held for the first time after the Second World War . At the competitions in Basel , Berggren took fourth place in the all-around individual ranking as the second best gymnast in her team. The team competition was won by the Swedish team with Evy Berggren, Vanja Blomberg , Karin Lindberg , Gunnel Ljungström , Hjördis Nordin , Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling , Göta Pettersson and Ingrid Sandahl .
At the Olympic Games in 1952 , in addition to the team competition, which had already been held several times, six other competitions for gymnasts were offered: individual all-around, four individual devices and group gymnastics. The Swedish team finished fourth in the team all-around competition behind the Soviet Union, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. In the individual all-around event, Evy Berggren took 36th place, on the equipment the 26th place in the jump was her best result. In the final group gymnastics with hand-held devices, the Swedish team won ahead of the Soviet Union and Hungary. The Swedish team won with Evy Berggren, Vanja Blomberg, Karin Lindberg, Hjördis Nordin, Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling, Göta Pettersson, Gun Röring and Ingrid Sandahl.
Berggren took part in the 1954 World Championships in Rome , but could not win a medal with the team. In the horse jump she won the bronze medal behind the tied winners Tamara Manina from the Soviet Union and Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling from the Swedish ranks.
At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , the Swedes took eighth place in the all-around team classification. Berggren reached the 49th place in the individual all-around competition, in the horse jump the 38th place was her best individual placement. In group gymnastics, the Hungarians won ahead of the Swedish team with Evy Berggren, Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling, Doris Hedberg , Maude Karlén , Karin Lindberg and Eva Rönström .
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
Web links
- Evy Berggren in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ewy Berggren. In: sok.se. Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, accessed January 16, 2019 (Swedish).
- ↑ Gymnastics World Championships on sport-komplett.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berggren, Evy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berggren, Evy Margareta (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skellefteå |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 2018 |
| Place of death | Uppsala |