Ylva Lindberg
Appearance
Ylva Lindberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Umeå, Sweden | 29 June 1976|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
MB Hockey Segeltorps IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1993–2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ylva Lindberg (née Martinsen born 29 June 1976) is a Swedish retired ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1]
Lindberg came out as lesbian in 2006, along with fellow hockey player Erika Holst.[2]
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Jansson, AnnaMaria (31 May 2006), "OS-hjältarna: Vi är homosexuella", Aftonbladet, archived from the original on 10 August 2007, retrieved 5 November 2007 (Swedish)
External links
- Ylva Lindberg career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Ylva Lindberg at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Umeå
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Lesbian sportswomen
- LGBT ice hockey players
- LGBT sportspeople from Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Swedish ice hockey player stubs
- Swedish Winter Olympic medalist stubs