Lovisa Lindh
{{short description|Swedish middle-distance runner (born 1991)}}
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|name = Lovisa Lindh
|image = 2022-08-18 European Championships 2022 – Women's 800 Metres by Sandro Halank–003.jpg
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|7|9|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Kungälv, Sweden
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|education=Southern Methodist University
|sport = Track and field
|event = 800 metres
|coach = Johan Wettegren[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/76426aa7-b7a9-4ff0-a3de-bd8c2f198281.pdf 2014 WIC handbook]
Richard Mattsson
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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Amsterdam|800 m}}
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Lovisa Tora Yvonne Lindh (born 9 July 1991) is a Swedish middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sweden/lovisa-lindh-252337 |title=Lovisa Lindh |publisher=IAAF |date=20 March 2016| access-date=20 March 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131767 | title=Lovisa Lindh | work=Olympedia}} Lindh won the bronze medal in the event at the 2016 European Championships.
Biography
Competing for Ullevi FK, Lindh won the national championship title on 800 metres in 2012.{{cite web | url=http://www.swedishtiming.se/resultat/120826.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215070334/http://www.swedishtiming.se/resultat/120826.htm | archive-date=15 December 2012 | title=Track and Field – Resultatlista SM 2012-08-24/26 }} She competed at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships without advancing to the final. At the 2016 European Championships she won the bronze medal with a time of 2:00.37, then a personal record.{{cite news | url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Mgmqe0/lindhs-skrall--tog-em-brons | title=Lindhs skräll – tog EM-brons | last=Fredriksson | first=Emilie | last2=Karlsson | first2=Erik | newspaper=Aftonbladet | date=9 July 2016}} At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Lindh finished ninth on the 800 metres event.
In 2021, Lindh qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics but was not chosen to represent Sweden.{{cite web | url=https://www.svt.se/sport/friidrott/lindh-ackreditering | work=SVT Sport | title=Lindh fick OS-ackrediteringen i söndags – får ändå inte åka |date=6 July 2021 | last=Nyberg | first=Hannes }} In 2025, Lindh switched to Kongahälla AIK.{{cite web | url=https://www.friidrottsstatistik.se/atswe.php?Gender=2&ID=55960 | title=Lovisa Lindh | work=friidrottsstatistik.se}}
Lovisa Lindh is the niece of Olympic table tennis player Erik Lindh.{{cite web | url=https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/l/lovisa-lindh.html | title=Lovisa Lindh | work=Swedish Olympic Committee}} Lindh has studied at Southern Methodist University{{cite web|url=http://www.smumustangs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=315 |title=Lovisa Lindh SMU Athletics|access-date=11 July 2016}} and the Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law.{{cite news | url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/jag-vet-att-jag-gor-allting-ratt/ | title=Lovisa Lindh: "Jag vet att jag gör allting rätt" |date=18 November 2016 | newspaper=Expressen | last=Nilsson | first=Stefan }}
Competition record
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{SWE}} |
|---|
| 2009
|European Junior Championships |8th (h) |800 m |2:07.57 |
| 2010
|33rd (h) |800 m |
| 2013
|7th |800 m |
| 2014
|12th (sf) |800 m |
| rowspan=3|2016
|8th (h) |800 m |
| European Championships
|bgcolor=CC9966|3rd |800 m |
| Olympic Games
|9th (sf) |800 m |
| 2017
|European Indoor Championships |4th |800 m |
| 2018
|9h |800 m |
| rowspan=2|2019
|European Indoor Championships |12th (sf) |800 m |
| World Championships
|33rd (h) |800 m |
| 2021
|European Indoor Championships |11th (sf) |800 m |
| 2022
|18th (h) |800 m |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 800 metres – 1:58.77 (Lausanne 2017)
- 1000 metres – 2:35.15 National Record (Gothenburg 2017{{cite web|url=http://212.247.216.72/friidrott/Goteborg17/resultat.php |title=Resultat GP Gothenburg |publisher=svenskfriidrott.se |date=11 July 2017| access-date=17 April 2018}})
- 1500 metres – 4:09.03 (Florø 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sweden/lovisa-lindh-252337 |title=Lovisa Lindh |publisher=IAAF | access-date=17 April 2018}})
Indoor
- 800 metres – 2:01.37 (Belgrade 2017)
- 1500 metres – 4:26.15 (Bollnäs 2012)
References
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Category:Swedish female middle-distance runners
Category:Sportspeople from Kungälv
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics