Inger Knutsson

{{short description|Swedish middle-distance runner}}

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| name = Inger Knutsson

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| nationality = Swedish

| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle-distance running

| pb = 4.04.47 (1973)

| club = Nynäshamns IF

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|5|8|df=yes}}[https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/i/inger-knutsson-stalhandske.html Inger Knutsson]. Swedish Olympic Committee

| birth_place = Nynäshamn, Sweden

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| height =169 cm{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/inger-knutsson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/inger-knutsson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Inger Knutsson Olympic Results |accessdate=31 October 2017}}

| weight =42 kg

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Inger Knutsson (later Stålhandske; born 8 May 1955) is a Swedish middle-distance runner who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Biography

At the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich, she represented Sweden in the 1500 m event but failed to reach the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75995 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=7 March 2025}}

Knutsson won the British WAAA Championships title in the 3,000 metres event at the 1973 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19730722/323/0042 |title=Athletic Results |work=Sunday Mirror |date=22 July 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19730722/585/0032 |title=Crystal Palace Results |work=Sunday Express |date=22 July 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=7 March 2025}}

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