Ulrika Knape

{{short description|Swedish diver}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Ulrika Knape

| image = Ulrika Knape.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Ulrika Knape at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013

| full_name = Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

| sport = Diving

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 60 kg

| club = Simklubben S02, Göteborg

| coach = Gunnel Weinås

| country = {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1972 Munich | 10 m platform}}

{{MedalSilver| 1972 Munich | 3 m springboard}}

{{MedalSilver| 1976 Montréal | 10 m platform}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1973 Belgrade| Platform}}

{{MedalSilver | 1973 Belgrade| Springboard}}

{{MedalBronze | 1975 Cali| Platform}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1974 Vienna| Springboard}}

{{MedalGold|1974 Vienna| Platform}}

}}

Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg (née Knape on 26 April 1955) is a retired Swedish diver. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals. In 1972–1974 she was named the World Platform Diver of the Year. Domestically she won 38 Swedish titles.

Knape won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1972, and after retiring from competitions worked as a national diving coach. She is married to the fellow diver Mathz Lindberg; their daughter Anna Lindberg competed in diving at five Olympics.

See also

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203359/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/ulrika-knape-1.html Ulrika Knape]. sports-reference.com

[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/u/ulrika-knape-lindberg.html Ulrika Knape-Lindberg]. Swedish Olympic Committee

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