Ingeborg Sjöqvist

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Ingeborg Maria Ingers (née Sjöqvist; 19 April 1912 – 22 November 2015) was a Swedish diver.

Biography

Ingeborg Sjöqvist was born on 19 April 1912 in Kalmar, Sweden. She had an older sister, Lala (1903–1964).

She won two silver medals in the 10 meter platform event at the European championships, in 1931 and 1934. She competed in the platform at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics and finished in fourth and ninth place, respectively. Her elder sister Lala won a bronze medal in the platform at the 1928 Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sj/ingeborg-sjoqvist-1.html |title=Ingeborg Sjöqvist |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014103314/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sj/ingeborg-sjoqvist-1.html |archivedate=14 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

Later in life Ingers recalled that her home town's diving board was 3 m shorter than regulation, and thus she had to stand on a built-up scaffold to train for her 10 m event.{{cite news |title=The Olympians: Ingeborg Sjöqvist, Sweden |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/6bf32cfe-adee-11e1-bb8e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1xSehPdIH |newspaper=Financial Times Magazine |date=9 June 2012 |author=Michael Stothard}} She turned 100 in April 2012 and was the world's oldest living Olympian from the death of Guo Jie{{cite web|title = "Kickan" är äldre än Stockholms-OS|publisher = Swedish Olympic Committee|date = 19 April 2012|url = http://www.sok.se/nyheter/nyheter/nyheter2009/kickanaraldreanstockholmsos.5.78e67851135cb0d063d21bc.html|accessdate = 20 April 2012|language = sv|archive-date = 24 May 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120524162039/http://www.sok.se/nyheter/nyheter/nyheter2009/kickanaraldreanstockholmsos.5.78e67851135cb0d063d21bc.html|url-status = dead}} until her own one week later.{{cite news|last = Landén|first = Petter|title = Rekordsvenskan Ingeborg Ingers död|newspaper = Expressen|language = sv|publisher = Bonnier Group|date = 2015-11-27|url = http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/rekordsvenskan-ingeborg-ingers-dod/|accessdate = 2015-11-26}} In 1939, she married Lennart Ingers (born 14 April 1915), who also became a centenarian in April 2015, after 75 years of marriage.[http://www.hd.se/familj/2015/04/14/rekordpar-i-rydeback-med-ratt-att-fira-rejalt/ Rekordpar i Rydebäck med rätt att fira rejält]. Helsingborgs Dagblad. 14 April 2015 Lennart died on 5 November 2015, just 2 weeks and 3 days before Ingeborg.

Ingeborg Sjöqvist

Biography

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