Ulla_Lindkvist

Ulla Lindkvist

Ulla Lindkvist

Swedish orienteering competitor

Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport.[1] She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,[2] and finished second 1970.[3] She became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Swedish team (together with Birgitta Larsson and Eivor Steen-Olsson).[3] She also participated on the teams that obtained silver medals in 1968 and 1972.

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  1. [1]
    "Sveriges första världsmästarinna har lämnat oss" (in Swedish). Svenska Orienteringsförbundet. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 19, 2007)
  3. [3]
    "World Orienteering Championships 1970". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2016.


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