Thure Lindgren

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Thure Lindgren Ski jumping
Full name Thure Valdemar Lindgren
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday April 18, 1921
place of birth JukkasjärviSwedenSwedenSweden 
date of death September 2, 2005
Place of death JukkasjärviSwedenSwedenSweden 
Career
society IF Friska Viljor
IFK Kiruna
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
National medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1950 Lake Placid Large hill
Swedish Ski Association Swedish championships
gold 1947 Normal hill
 

Thure Valdemar Lindgren (born April 18, 1921 in Jukkasjärvi ; † September 2, 2005 ibid) was a Swedish ski jumper .

Career

In 1947 Lindgren won the Swedish Championship on the normal hill. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid in 1950 , Lindgren won the silver medal on the large hill behind the Norwegian Hans Bjørnstad . Shortly afterwards he reached the 40th place at the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 from the normal hill with widths of 72.0 and 103.5 m.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Svenska Skidförbundet : Backe / Nordisk combination. In: skidor.com. Retrieved March 19, 2016 (Swedish).
  2. Jump upSki Jumping World Championships (men) . www.sport-komplett.de. Retrieved July 9, 2009.