Gunilla Lindberg (born 6 May 1947) is a
Swedish
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sports official and member of the
International Olympic Committee
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.
Lindberg took up a position in the offices of the
Swedish Olympic Committee
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(SOC) in 1969,
and was appointed SOC's Secretary-General in 1989. She was elected to the board of the
European Olympic Committees
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in 1993, and was elected a member of the
International Olympic Committee
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(IOC) in 1996. In 2000, she was elected to the board of the IOC, and from 2004 to 2008 she was one of four Vice Presidents of the IOC. In 2011, she returned to the IOC Executive Board.
Lindberg is also Secretary-General of the
Association of National Olympic Committees
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.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073949/http://www.eurolympic.org/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/82?language=eng
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154653/http://www.sok.se/?open&f=F1&id=99772&mid=10..noexpand&
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1947 births
Living people
People from Upplands Väsby Municipality
International Olympic Committee members
Swedish sports executives and administrators
Swedish female pair skaters
Sportspeople from Stockholm County