Orvar Lindwall

{{Short description|Swedish fencer (born 1941)}}

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| event = Épée, foil

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Lars Orvar Martin Lindwall (also Orwar; born 10 August 1941) is a Swedish épée fencer who won two team medals at the 1961 and 1962 Fencing World Championships. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished fifth with the Swedish team in 1960 and fourth in 1964. His best individual result was seventh place in 1964.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/orvar-lindwall-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162604/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/orvar-lindwall-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Orvar Lindwall |accessdate=2010-11-07 |work=sports-reference.com}} Lindwall later attended the 1972–1984 and 1992 Olympics as a coach of the Swedish fencing team.[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/o/orwar-lindwall.html Orwar Lindwall]. Swedish Olympic Committee

Lindwall represented Östra Reals IF, Djurgårdens IF, Stockholms AFF and Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Orvar Lindwall |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23432 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}} He won the 1963 Swedish championship in individual épée, representing Djurgården, two Swedish championships in individual foil, representing Östra Real and Stockholms AFF, two Swedish championships in team épée with FFF, and four Swedish championships with Stockholms AFF and FFF.{{cite web | url=https://fencing.se/faktsporten/fakthistoria/masterskapsresultat/svenska-mastare/seniorer/sm-varja-herrar-ind/ | title=SM värja herrar, ind | date=2 March 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://fencing.se/faktsporten/fakthistoria/masterskapsresultat/svenska-mastare/seniorer/sm-varja-herrar-lag/ | title=SM värja herrar, lag | date=9 December 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://fencing.se/faktsporten/fakthistoria/masterskapsresultat/svenska-mastare/seniorer/sm-florett-herrar-ind/ | title=SM florett herrar, ind | date=2 March 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://fencing.se/faktsporten/fakthistoria/masterskapsresultat/svenska-mastare/seniorer/sm-florett-herrar-lag/ | title=SM florett herrar, lag | date=3 March 2021 }}