Ann-Britt Leyman Explained

Birth Date:10 June 1922
Birth Place:Stenungsund, Sweden
Death Date:5 January 2013 (aged 90)
Death Place:Hisings Kärra, Sweden
Height:1.68m (05.51feet)
Weight:64kg (141lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 m, 200 m, long jump
Club:Kvinnliga IK Sport
Pb:100 m – 12.0 (1948)
200 m – 25.8 (1946)
LJ – 5.58 m (1948)
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Ann-Britt Leyman (later Olsson; 10 June 1922 – 5 January 2013) was a Swedish sprinter and long jumper who won a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Leyman never won a national long jump title, but she won 15 national sprint championships: in the 80 m (1941), 100 m (1942–44 and 1946–49) and 200 m (1942–47 and 1949). At the 1946 European Athletics Championships she finished fourth-sixth in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay events.