Birgit Lundström

Birgit Lundström
Personal information
Born 30 September 1911
Vallkära, Lund, Sweden
Died 4 May 2007 (aged 95)
Lidingö, Sweden
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus throw, javelin throw, shot put
Club MAI, Malmö
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) DT – 44.38 m (1938)
JT – 31.33 m (1934)[1][2]

Birgit Evelyn Lundström (later Nyhed, 30 September 1911 – 4 May 2007) was a Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. In this event she finished sixth at the 1936 Summer Olympics and fourth at the 1938 European Athletics Championships.[1][3][4]

Lundström was the Swedish champion in the discus throw (1935, 1937–41 and 1944), javelin throw (1934) and shot put (1941). In the discus she held the senior Swedish record and later the world record in the masters (80+) category (from 1992 to 2006). She was a member of the Swedish Athletics Association.[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 Birgit Lundström. sports-reference.com
  2. Birgit Nyhed (neé Lundström). trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. Birgit Lundström. Swedish Olympic Committee.
  4. 1 2 Birgit Nyhed Lundström 1911–2007. storagrabbar.se
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