Hjördis Margareta Nordin (later Hallquist, born 2 August 1932) is a retired

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. She was part of the Swedish teams that won gold medals at the

1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 12th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Basel, the second largest city of Switzerland, on July 14-16, 1950. 20,000 spectators watched the championships, held for the first time in Switzerland, and the Swiss team was very su ...

(all-around) and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

(team portable apparatus).

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* 1932 births Living people Swedish female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Olympic medalists in gymnastics Sportspeople from Lund 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub