Karl Edmund Lindmark (6 July 1894 – 11 February 1968) was a

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and diver who participated in the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

and

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. In 1920 he was part of the Swedish team that won the gold medal in the Swedish system event. In 1924 and 1928 he competed in 3 m springboard diving and finished fourth in 1924. In this event he won national titles in 1926 and 1928 and a European silver medal at the 1927 European Championships. His daughter

Else-Marie Ljungdahl Else-Marie Lindmark-Ljungdahl (born 11 June 1942) is a Swedish sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the leng ...

became an Olympic

canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are so ...

er.Edmund Lindmark
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1894 births 1968 deaths Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Swedish male artistic gymnasts Swedish male divers Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Stockholms KK divers Sportspeople from Umeå 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub