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Height
  
1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)

Club
  
GKIK, Goteborg

Event(s)
  
100–400 m


Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
56 kg (123 lb)

Name
  
Karin Wallgren-Lundgren

Karin Wallgren-Lundgren

Born
  
19 May 1944 (age 79) (
1944-05-19
)
Goteborg, Sweden

Personal best(s)
  
100 m – 11.5 (1967) 200 m – 23.49 (1970) 400 m – 52.8 (1970)

Karin Elisabeth Wallgren-Lundgren (née Wallgren on 19 May 1944) is a retired Swedish sprinter. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in various 100–400 m events (five in total), but failed to reach the finals. She won the 400 m contest at the 1967 European Indoor Games, and placed fifth at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and fourth at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Karin Wallgren-Lundgren FileUllaBritt Wieslander and Karin WallgrenLundgren 1965jpg

Wallgren-Lundgren won the national championships in the 100 m (1966 and 1968–71), 200 m (1962, 1965–66, 1968–70 and 1972), 400 m (1966 and 1968–72), and various relays (24 times). She held national records over 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. After retiring from competitions she was deputy chairman in Swedish Athletics Association.

References

Karin Wallgren-Lundgren Wikipedia


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