Karin Lindberg (gymnast)
Karin Elisabet Lindberg (born October 6, 1929 in Kalix ) is a former Swedish gymnast.
At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , only one competition for gymnasts was offered, the team all-round competition. The Czechoslovak team won ahead of the Hungarians and the US team. Karin Lindberg finished fourth with the Swedish team, with 52.70 points being the best gymnast on her team.
In 1950, gymnastics world championships were held for the first time after the Second World War . At the competitions in Basel , the Swedish team with Evy Berggren , Vanja Blomberg , Karin Lindberg, Gunnel Ljungström , Hjördis Nordin , Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling , Göta Pettersson and Ingrid Sandahl won the team ranking ahead of the teams from France and Italy.
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, Karin Lindberg was the best Swede in 17th place, on the equipment the 7th 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.
Two years after the eighth place in the team all-around team at the 1954 World Championships , the Swedes also finished eighth in the all- around team classification at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne . Lindberg reached the 48th place in the individual all-around competition, in the horse jump the 23rd 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
- Karin Lindberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle II . P. 93
- ↑ Gymnastics World Championships on sport-komplett.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindberg, Karin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lindberg, Karin Elisabet (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalix |