Gunhild Larking
{{short description|Swedish high jumper}}
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Gunhild Maria Larking (born 13 January 1936) is a retired Swedish high jumper.
Biography
File:Gunhild Larking - 1956.jpg received international spreading and Larking herself began a career as a model.]]
She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1954 European Athletics Championships and 1956 Summer Olympics and placed ninth in 1952 and fourth in 1954 and 1956. She won five consecutive national titles from 1952 to 1956.
While she was at the 1956 Summer Olympic Games, she was the subject of a series of shots taken by George Silk for Life magazine. One of these, published on the Christmas number of Life shorter after, received international fame and Larking herself began receiving requests as a model.{{Cite web |date=7 December 2020 |title=Så blev Gunhild en beundrad OS-modell: "Jag kan fortfarande få beundrarpost" |url=https://www.jp.se/2020-12-07/sa-blev-gunhild-en-beundrad-os-modell-jag-kan-fortfarande-fa-beundrarpost |website=Jönköpings-Posten |language=sv}}{{Cite web |date=24 December 2020 |title=Gunhild blev beundrad OS-modell i Life: "Jag kan fortfarande få beundrarpost" |url=https://www.vn.se/2020-12-24/gunhild-blev-beundrad-os-modell-i-life-jag-kan-fortfarande-fa-beundrarpost/ |website=Värnamo Nyheter |language=sv}}
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References
External links
- [http://www.friidrott.se/historik/storagrabbar.aspx friidrott.se:s Stora Grabbar-sida] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331202525/http://www.friidrott.se/historik/storagrabbar.aspx |date=31 March 2016 }}
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Category:Swedish female high jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:Sportspeople from Jönköping
Category:Athletes from Jönköping County
Category:20th-century Swedish sportswomen
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