Anna-Lisa Berglund (18 January 1935 – 3 June 2019) was a Swedish archer who competed at three Olympic Games in

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Career

Berglund held two world records at the 30m distance. In 1971 she became the 23rd Swedish archer to receive a Storr Grabb award. She participated in the women's individual event at the

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

Olympic Games finishing 34th, 11th and 16th respectively.

References

External links

Profile on worldarchery.org
1935 births 2019 deaths Swedish female archers Olympic archers for Sweden Archers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-archery-bio-stub