Ebba Ingegerd From Svahn (23 October 1915,

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– 25 November 2006,

) was a Finnish track athlete. She was one of the first four female Finnish Olympic athletes in

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. From qualified for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin in the

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and

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events.

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* 1915 births 2006 deaths Finnish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Olympic female sprinters Athletes from Helsinki {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub