Perry Lindberg | |
Fullname: | Perry Ola Lindberg |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Club: | SK Neptun, Stockholm |
Collegeteam: | University of Southern California |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1940 |
Birth Place: | Kalmar, Sweden |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 52 kg |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Per-Ola Lindberg (24 March 1940 – 19 December 2022) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. He placed fifth-sixth in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, and finished eighth in the individual 100 m in 1960. He won three medals in these events at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. He competed in NCAA Championships in 1963 and won 1st place for the 100 yd freestyle. His time was 47.1 seconds.
Lindberg later lived for half the year in Sweden, and the other half in California. He died on 19 December 2022, at the age of 82.[1]