Margit Catharina Lindgren
[ (born 10 May 1963), known as Catarina Lindgren,][ is a Swedish ]figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...
coach, choreographer, and former competitor. She is a four-time (1981–1984) Swedish national champion. She represented Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Sweden competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Men
*Ingemar Stenmark, a double gold medalist in 1980, was banned from these Olympics by the International Ski Federation (FIS) for accepting pr ...
, where she placed 20th.
Personal life
Margit Catharina Lindgren was born on 10 May 1963 in Piteå, Norrbotten
Norrbotten (), known in English as North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.
Administration
The traditional provinces of Swe ...
.[ She married American figure skater Tom Dickson in 1986 and their twins, a boy and a girl, were born in the late 1990s.][ Their son is named Kai.][ And daughter named Mikaela.
]
Career
Lindgren became a four-time Swedish national champion in the first half of the 1980s. She was sent to the 1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
in Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
, where she placed 20th.
After ending her competitive career, Lindgren skated with Ice Capades
The Ice Capades were traveling entertainment shows featuring theatrical ice skating performances. Shows often featured former Olympic and US National Champion figure skaters who had retired from formal competition. Started in 1940, the Ice Cap ...
.[ She then became a coach and choreographer. As of 2017, she is based at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado.][
Her students and clients include:
]
Competitive highlights
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindgren, Catarina
Swedish female single skaters
Olympic figure skaters of Sweden
Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Living people
1963 births
Figure skating choreographers
People from Piteå
Sportspeople from Norrbotten County