Birgit Lundström
{{Short description|Swedish discus thrower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
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|image=Birgit Lundström.jpg
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|birth_date=30 September 1911
|birth_place= Vallkära, Lund, Sweden
| death_date = 4 May 2007 (aged 95)
| death_place = Lidingö, Sweden
| height = {{convert|1.69|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Athletics
|event= Discus throw, javelin throw, shot put
|club=Malmö AI
|pb= DT – 44.38 m (1938)
JT – 31.33 m (1934)
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Birgit Evelyn Lundström (later Nyhed, 30 September 1911 – 4 May 2007) was a Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. In this event she finished sixth at the 1936 Summer Olympics and fourth at the 1938 European Athletics Championships.
Lundström was the Swedish champion in the discus throw (1935, 1937–41 and 1944), javelin throw (1934) and shot put (1941). In the discus she held the senior Swedish record and later the world record in the masters (80+) category (from 1992 to 2006). She was a member of the Swedish Athletics Association.
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Category:Swedish female discus throwers
Category:Swedish female javelin throwers
Category:Swedish female shot putters
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Lund
Category:Athletes from Skåne County
Category:20th-century Swedish sportswomen
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