Ulrika Knape | |
Fullname: | Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1955 |
Birth Place: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Sport: | Diving |
Height: | 173 cm |
Weight: | 60 kg |
Club: | Simklubben S02, Göteborg |
Coach: | Gunnel Weinås |
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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.