Inger Nordbø (née Kragh; 27 June 1915 – 29 November 2004) was a Danish/Norwegian sports swimmer and diver. She won two bronze medals at the European championships, in diving and breaststroke swimming, respectively. She competed in two

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, in 1936 and 1948.

Biography

Nordbø was born in

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on 27 June 1915, and became Norwegian citizen from 1935. Competing for Denmark, then named Inger Kragh, she won a bronze medal in 200 metres breaststroke, and another bronze medal in diving, at the

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. She competed at the

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, where she finished eleventh in

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and 12th in

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. She competed at the

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. She won a total of 54 Norwegian titles in diving, and four Nordic championships. Competing in swimming, she won two individual titles in breaststroke, and six titles in team swimming, and also one Nordic title in team swimming. She is credited for having introduced organized

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in Norway and was an honorary member of

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. She died in

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on 29 November 2004.

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* 1915 births 2004 deaths Swimmers from Copenhagen Norwegian female swimmers Norwegian female divers Olympic divers for Norway Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub