Ulla Lindkvist

Ulla Lindkvist

Personal information
Born	(1939-08-30)30 August 1939
Died	6 August 2015(2015-08-06) (aged 75)
Medal record Women's orienteering Representing  Sweden World Championships 1966 Fiskars Individual 1968 Linköping Individual 1970 Friedrichroda Relay 1968 Linköping Relay 1970 Friedrichroda Individual 1972 Doksy Relay European Championships 1962 Løten Individual 1962 Løten Relay 1964 Le Brassus Relay 1964 Le Brassus Individual

Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteeringcompetitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport.^[1] She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,^[2] and finished second 1970.^[3] She became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Swedish team (together with Birgitta Larsson and Eivor Steen-Olsson).^[3] She also participated on the teams that obtained silver medals in 1968 and 1972.

Lindkvist holds the record for the number of overall O-Ringen victories, and number of O-Ringen wins in a row, winning eight in a row from 1967 to 1974.^[1]

References

1. "Sveriges första världsmästarinna har lämnat oss" (in Swedish). Svenska Orienteringsförbundet. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
2. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 19, 2007)
3. "World Orienteering Championships 1970". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2016.