 Ulrika Knape at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1955-04-26) 26 April 1955 (age 69) Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Simklubben S02, Göteborg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gunnel Weinås | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg (née Knape on 26 April 1955) is a retired Swedish diver. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals. In 1972–1974 she was named the World Platform Diver of the Year. Domestically she won 38 Swedish titles.
Knape won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1972, and after retiring from competitions worked as a national diving coach. She is married to the fellow diver Mathz Lindberg; their daughter Anna Lindberg competed in diving at five Olympics.
See also
References
- ^ Ulrika Knape-Lindberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Ulrika Knape. sports-reference.com
External links
- Ulrika Knape at World Aquatics
- Ulrika Knape at Olympedia (archive)
- Ulrika Knape at Olympics.com
- Ulrika Knape at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
| Preceded byStellan Bengtsson | Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1972 |
Succeeded byRolf Edling |
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