Evy Berggren
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Born | 16 June 1934 Skellefteå, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 December 2018 | (aged 84)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Skellefteå GF Gefle GF, Gävle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evy Margareta Berggren (later Westerberg; 16 June 1934 – 5 December 2018) was a Swedish gymnast. She competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in team exercise with portable apparatus, respectively. Her teams finished fourth all-around in 1952. Her best individual result was a bronze medal on the vault at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where her compatriot Ann-Sofi Pettersson and Soviet Union's Tamara Manina were both awarded gold as they were tied at the same score ahead of Berggren.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Ewy Berggren. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Evy Berggren. sports-reference.com
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2018 deaths
- Swedish female artistic gymnasts
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- Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Sweden
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- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- People from Skellefteå Municipality
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- 20th-century Swedish women
- Swedish artistic gymnast stubs
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