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Edward Lindberg

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Sport
  
Sprint running

Height
  
1.77 m

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Name
  
Edward Lindberg

Club
  
Chicago AA

Weight
  
76 kg

Edward Lindberg

Born
  
November 9, 1886
Cherokee, Iowa, United States

Died
  
February 1978, Highland Park, Illinois, United States

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

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Edward "Ed" Ferdinand Jacob Lindberg (November 9, 1886 – February 16, 1978) was an American Olympic athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Cherokee, Iowa to a Swedish family and died in Highland Park, Illinois.

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Lindberg won the AAU championships in 440 yd in 1909 and 1911. At the Stockholm Olympics, Lindberg won the bronze medal in 400 m and ran the second leg in the American 4 × 400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3.16.6. At the same Olympics he competed in the baseball event which was held as demonstration sport.

References

Edward Lindberg Wikipedia