Henry Lindblad
{{short description|Swedish pole vaulter and decathlete}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
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|birth_date= 25 February 1906
|birth_place=Katrineholm, Sweden
| death_date = 28 September 1946 (aged 40)
| death_place = Borås, Sweden
| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|87|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Athletics
|event= Pole vault, decathlon
|club= Kronobergs IK, Stockholm
|pb= PV – 4.13 m (1931)
Dec – 5906 (1928)
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Bror Henry Lindblad (25 February 1906 – 28 September 1946) was a Swedish pole vaulter and decathlete. The first Swede to vault four metres or more, he was Swedish pole vault champion seven times and AAA champion three times. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam he competed in the pole vault and decathlon, finishing in the top ten in both events.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/henry-lindblad-1.html |title=Henry Lindblad Bio, Stats and Results |accessdate=21 April 2014 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205190844/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/henry-lindblad-1.html |archivedate=5 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
Career
Lindblad won the first of his seven Swedish pole vault titles in 1925.{{cite web|url=http://www.storagrabbar.se/grabbar_2.html |title=Stora Grabbar |language=Swedish |accessdate=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045858/http://www.storagrabbar.se/grabbar_2.html |archivedate=12 October 2013 }} In 1927 he won the British AAA Championships, clearing 3.81 m. during the 1927 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19270703/260/0017 |title=An Olympiad |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=3 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/19270705/022/0004 |title=Records go abroad|work=Western Daily Press |date=5 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 January 2025 }}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/bc2.htm |title=British Athletics Championships 1919–1939 |magazine=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=21 April 2014}} In July 1928, ahead of the Olympics, he jumped 3.92 m in Stockholm, his first Swedish record.{{cite web |url=http://home.swipnet.se/~w-92028/s-rec-men-fi.htm |title=Swedish Records |accessdate=21 April 2014}}
At the Olympics Lindblad took part in both the pole vault and the decathlon. He was the best European in the pole vault,{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-pole-vault.html |title=Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031054018/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-pole-vault.html |archivedate=31 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }} clearing 3.90 m and placing seventh. In the decathlon he was ninth, scoring 7071.425 points (5906 with modern scoring tables). Although he was a specialist, he did not win the decathlon pole vault as he only managed 3.60 m; he did, however, win the decathlon long jump with a leap of 6.97 m. After returning home he improved his Swedish pole vault record to 4.00 m, the first Swede and only the third European (after Charles Hoff and Henry Petersen) to vault four metres or more.{{cite book |title=Huippu-urheilun historia |year=1935 |publisher=Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö |author=Jukola, Martti |language=Finnish}} He also won his second Swedish title that year.
In 1930 Lindblad won both the Swedish and British pole vault championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19300705/401/0015 |title=Marathon race won by Scotsman |work=Daily Herald |date=5 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19300707/257/0014 |title=Three new native records |work=Daily News (London) |date=7 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }} a feat he repeated in 1931. He set his eventual personal best (4.13 m) in winning the 1931 Finnkampen, holding the Swedish record until Bo Ljungberg cleared 4.15 m four years later. Lindblad won further Swedish titles in 1933, 1936 and 1937 and placed seventh at the inaugural European Championships in 1934.
References
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External links
- [http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3927&Gender=M Profile]
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Category:Sportspeople from Katrineholm
Category:Swedish male pole vaulters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen
Category:Kronobergs IK athletes
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