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Ulrika Knape

Swedish diver

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 *les.

Knape won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1972, and after retiring from compe*ions 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

  • List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

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