Inger Nordbø
{{short description|Danish and Norwegian diver and swimmer (1915–2004)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Inger Nordbø
| image =
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| birth_name = Inger Kragh
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1915|6|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark
| death_date = {{Death date and age |2004|11|29|1915|6|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Oslo, Norway
| country = Denmark (before 1935), Norway (from 1935)
| sport = Swimming
Diving
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| club = Oslo IL
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's diving}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1934 Magdeburg| 10 m platform }}
{{Medal|Sport|Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 1934 Magdeburg | 200 m breaststroke}}
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Inger Nordbø (née Kragh; 27 June 1915 – 29 November 2004) was a Danish/Norwegian sports swimmer and diver. She won two bronze medals at the European championships, in diving and breaststroke swimming, respectively. She competed in two Olympic games, in 1936 and 1948.
Biography
Nordbø was born in Copenhagen on 27 June 1915, and became Norwegian citizen from 1935.
Competing for Denmark, then named Inger Kragh, she won a bronze medal in 200 metres breaststroke, and another bronze medal in diving, at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships in Magdeburg. She competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where she finished eleventh in springboard and 12th in platform. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/inger-nordbo-1.html |title=Inger Nordbø |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=21 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021093741/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/inger-nordbo-1.html |archivedate=21 October 2013 }}
She won a total of 54 Norwegian titles in diving, and four Nordic championships. Competing in swimming, she won two individual titles in breaststroke, and six titles in team swimming, and also one Nordic title in team swimming.
She is credited for having introduced organized synchronized swimming in Norway and was an honorary member of Oslo IL.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Inger Nordbø |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Inger_Nordbø |language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 October 2013}}
She died in Oslo on 29 November 2004.
References
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Category:Swimmers from Copenhagen
Category:Norwegian female swimmers
Category:Norwegian female divers
Category:Olympic divers for Norway
Category:Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Divers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportswomen
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