Elisabeth Östberg
Swedish sprinter (born 1940)
Personal information | |
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Born | 29 August 1940 (1940-08-29) (age 84) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 200–800 m |
Club | Göteborgs KIK IFK Lidingö |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400 m – 55.4 (1967) 800 m – 2:06.1[1] |
Elisabeth Östberg (born 29 August 1940) is a retired Swedish sprinter. She won national titles in the 400 m (1959, 1961 and 1964–65), 800 m (1961) and 4 × 400 m relay (11 times) and held the national record over 800 m. Östberg was part of the Swedish 4 × 400 m relay team that placed sixth at the 1969 European Championships. After retiring from competitions she worked as a coach, in Sweden and abroad.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Elisabeth Östberg 1940-08-29. storagrabbar.se
- ^ Elisabeth Östberg. trackfield.brinkster.net
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World University Games champions in women's 400 metres
- 1967: Elisabeth Östberg (SWE)
- 1970: Maria Sykora (AUT)
- 1973: Nadezhda Kolesnikova (URS)
- 1975: Pirjo Häggman (FIN)
- 1977: Rosalyn Bryant (USA)
- 1979: Mariya Kulchunova (URS)
- 1981: Irina Baskakova (URS)
- 1983: Mariya Pinigina (URS)
- 1985: Tatyana Alekseyeva (URS)
- 1987: Denean Howard (USA)
- 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
- 1991: Maicel Malone (USA)
- 1993: Michelle Collins (USA)
- 1995: Olabisi Afolabi (NGR)
- 1997: Allison Curbishley (GBR)
- 1999: Ionela Târlea (ROU)
- 2001: Demetria Washington (USA)
- 2003: Tatyana Firova (RUS)
- 2005: Natalya Nazarova (RUS)
- 2007: Olga Tereshkova (KAZ)
- 2009: Fatou Bintou Fall (SEN)
- 2011: Olga Topilskaya (RUS)
- 2013: Kseniya Ustalova (RUS)
- 2015: Justine Palframan (RSA)
- 2017: Małgorzata Hołub (POL)
- 2019: Paola Morán (MEX)
- 2021: Marlie Viljoen (RSA)
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