Karin Lundgren (athlete)
Karin Wallgren in 1967 | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Birth name | Karin Wallgren | |||||||||||
Born | 19 May 1944 (1944-05-19) (age 80) Göteborg, Sweden | |||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 100–400 m | |||||||||||
Club | GKIK, Göteborg | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.5 (1967) 200 m – 23.49 (1970) 400 m – 52.8 (1970)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Karin Elisabeth Lundgren (née Wallgren on 19 May 1944) is a retired Swedish sprinter. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in various 100–400 m events (five in total), but failed to reach the finals. She won the 400 m contest at the 1967 European Indoor Games, and placed fifth at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and fourth at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1][3]
Wallgren-Lundgren won the national championships in the 100 m (1966 and 1968–71), 200 m (1962, 1965–66, 1968–70 and 1972), 400 m (1966 and 1968–72), and various relays (24 times). She held national records over 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. After retiring from competitions she was deputy chairman in Swedish Athletics Association.[4]
References
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- 1966: Helga Henning (FRG)
- 1967: Karin Wallgren (SWE)
- 1968: Natalya Pechonkina (URS)
- 1969: Colette Besson (FRA)
- 1970: Marilyn Neufville (GBR)
- 1971: Vera Popkova (URS)
- 1972: Christel Frese (FRG)
- 1973: Verona Elder (GBR)
- 1974: Jelica Pavličić (YUG)
- 1975: Verona Elder (GBR)
- 1976: Rita Wilden (FRG)
- 1977: Marita Koch (GDR)
- 1978: Marina Sidorova (URS)
- 1979: Verona Elder (GBR)
- 1980: Elke Decker (FRG)
- 1981: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)
- 1982: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)
- 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)
- 1984: Taťána Kocembová (TCH)
- 1985: Sabine Busch (GDR)
- 1986: Sabine Busch (GDR)
- 1987: Mariya Pinigina (URS)
- 1988: Petra Müller (GDR)
- 1989: Sally Gunnell (GBR)
- 1990: Marina Shmonina (URS)
- 1992: Sandra Myers (ESP)
- 1994: Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)
- 1996: Grit Breuer (GER)
- 1998: Grit Breuer (GER)
- 2000: Svetlana Pospelova (RUS)
- 2002: Natalya Antyukh (RUS)
- 2005: Svetlana Pospelova (RUS)
- 2007: Nicola Sanders (GBR)
- 2009: Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)
- 2011: Denisa Rosolová (CZE)
- 2013: Perri Shakes-Drayton (GBR)
- 2015: Nataliya Pyhyda (UKR)
- 2017: Floria Gueï (FRA)
- 2019: Léa Sprunger (SUI)
- 2021: Femke Bol (NED)
- 2023: Femke Bol (NED)