Lennart Lindgren

{{short description|Swedish sprinter}}

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|birth_date= 14 April 1915

|birth_place= Malmö, Sweden

| death_date = 26 April 1952 (aged 37)

| death_place = Malmö, Sweden

| height = 181 cm

| weight = 74 kg

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|event=Sprint

|club=Malmö AI

|pb=100 m – 10.7 (1936)

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{{MedalSilver| 1938 Paris| 4×100 m relay}}

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Erik Lennart Henry Lindgren (14 April 1915 – 26 April 1952) was a Swedish sprinter who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1938 European Championships. He competed in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/lennart-lindgren-1.html Lennart Lindgren]. sports-reference.com

[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/l/lennart-lindgren.html Lennart Lindgren]. Swedish Olympic Committee

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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden

Category:Swedish male sprinters

Category:1915 births

Category:1952 deaths

Category:European Athletics Championships medalists

Category:Athletes from Malmö

Category:Malmö AI athletes

Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen

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