Ylva Lindberg | |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1976 |
Birth Place: | Umeå, Sweden |
Height M: | 1.65 |
Weight Kg: | 58 |
Position: | Defence |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | MB Hockey Segeltorps IF |
Sex: | f |
Ntl Team: | SWE |
Career Start: | 1993 |
Career End: | 2010 |
Ylva Lindberg (née Martinsen; born 29 June 1976) is a Swedish retired ice hockey player and,, an assistant coach to the Norwegian women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1]
Lindberg came out as lesbian in 2006, along with fellow hockey player Erika Holst.[2]