Ulrika Knape Explained

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.

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