Magdalena Tjernberg
Appearance
Magdalena Tjernberg | |
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Born | June 3, 1970 |
Nationality | Swedish |
Known for | Swimming, Summer Paralympics |
Magdalena Tjernberg (born June 3, 1970) in Gothenburg, is a Swedish former Paralympic swimmer.[1] Her twin sister, Gabriella Tjernberg, was also a paraswimming athlete.[2]
She won four gold and one silver medal in the Summer Paralympics which was held in New York in 1984. In the next Summer Paralympics which was held in Seoul in 1988, she took six gold and two silver medals. [3]
At the European Championships in Rome in 1985, she took five golds. At the 1986 World Cup in Gothenburg, Tjernberg took nine gold, one silver and two bronze. She was named Sports Woman of the Year in 1986.[4]
In 1988, she finished second in the voting for the Jerring Award; second behind the Olympic gold medalist in skating, Tomas Gustafson.
International honors
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Year | Place | Medal | Proof |
1984 | New York (![]() Stoke Mandeville ( ![]() |
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100 m butterfly B1 |
1984 | New York (![]() Stoke Mandeville ( ![]() |
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100 m breaststroke B1 |
1984 | New York (![]() Stoke Mandeville ( ![]() |
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400 m breaststroke B1 |
1984 | New York (![]() Stoke Mandeville ( ![]() |
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400 m free B1 |
1984 | New York (![]() Stoke Mandeville ( ![]() |
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100m free B1 |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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50 m breaststroke B1 |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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100 m breaststroke B1 |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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200 m breaststroke B1 |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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100m free B1 |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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400 m free B1 |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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200m B1 styles |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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50 m free B1 |
1988 | Seoul (![]() |
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100 m butterfly B1 |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic swimmers for Sweden
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Swedish female butterfly swimmers
- Swedish female freestyle swimmers
- Swedish female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers from Gothenburg