Per-Ola Lindberg (24 March 1940 – 19 December 2022) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. He placed fifth-sixth in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, and finished eighth in the individual 100 m in 1960. He won three medals in these events at the

1962 European Aquatics Championships The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 ...

. He competed in

NCAA Championships The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

in 1963 and won 1st place for the 100 yd freestyle. His time was 47.1 seconds. Lindberg later lived for half the year in Sweden, and the other half in California. He died on 19 December 2022, at the age of 82.

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* 1940 births 2022 deaths Swedish male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming SK Neptun swimmers Sportspeople from Kalmar {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub