 Lindberg at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Perry Ola Lindberg | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1940-03-24)24 March 1940 Kalmar, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 December 2022(2022-12-19) (aged 82) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | SK Neptun, Stockholm | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Per-Ola Lindberg (24 March 1940 – 19 December 2022) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed at the1960 and1964 Summer Olympics.[1] He placed fifth-sixth in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, and finished eighth in the individual 100 m in 1960.[2][3] He won three medals in these events at the1962 European Aquatics Championships. He competed inNCAA Championships in 1963 and won 1st place for the 100 yd freestyle. His time was 47.1 seconds.
Lindberg later lived for half the year in Sweden, and the other half in California. He died on 19 December 2022, at the age of 82.[1]
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