Ann-Britt Leyman
Appearance
![]() Leyman at the 1948 Olympics | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | 10 June 1922 Stenungsund,Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 5 January 2013 (aged 90) Hisings Kärra,Sweden | |||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m,long jump | |||||||||||
Club | Kvinnliga IK Sport | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personalbest(s) | 100 m – 12.0 (1948) 200 m – 25.8 (1946) LJ – 5.58 m (1948)[1][2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Ann-Britt Leyman(laterOlsson;10 June 1922 – 5 January 2013) was aSwedishsprinter andlong jumperwho won a bronze medal in the long jump at the1948 Summer Olympics.[1][3]
Leyman never won a national long jump title, but she won 15 national sprint championships: in the 80 m (1941), 100 m (1942–44 and 1946–49) and 200 m (1942–47 and 1949). At the1946 European Athletics Championshipsshe finished fourth-sixth in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay events.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^abcAnn-Britt Leyman.sports-reference.com
- ^Ann-Britt Leyman.trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^Ann-Britt Leyman.Swedish Olympic Committee.
- ^Ann-Britt LeymanArchived16 June 2015 at theWayback Machine.storagrabbar.se
Further reading
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Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2013 deaths
- Swedish female long jumpers
- Swedish female sprinters
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Sweden
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 20th-century Swedish women
- Kvinnliga IK Sport athletes
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
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