Ulrika Knape

Ulrika Knape
Personal information
Born April 26, 1955
Medal record
Women's Diving
Competitor for  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold 1972 Munich Platform
Silver 1972 Munich Springboard
Silver 1976 Montréal Platform
World Championships
Gold 1973 Belgrade Platform
Silver 1973 Belgrade Springboard
Bronze 1975 Cali Platform

Ulrika Margareta Knape Lindberg (born Knape April 26, 1955) is a Swedish diver, who is married to fellow Swedish diver Mathz Lindberg. She's mother to the Swedish diver Anna Lindberg.

In the early 1970s, Knape together with her coach, Gunnel Weinås, enjoyed major success not only nationally (winning 38 national Swedish titles), but also internationally: being crowned World Platform Diver of the Year from 1972 to 1974 and winning Olympic gold and silver at the 1972 as well as a silver the 1976 games.

Knape won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1972.

References

Preceded by
Stellan Bengtsson		 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1972		 Succeeded by
Rolf Edling

1912: Greta Johansson (SWE) • 1920: Stefanie Clausen (DEN) • 1924: Caroline Smith (USA) • 1928: Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA) • 1932 – 1936: Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA) • 1948: Vicki Draves (USA) • 1952 – 1956: Pat McCormick (USA) • 1960: Ingrid Krämer (EUA) • 1964: Lesley Bush (USA) • 1968: Milena Duchková (TCH) • 1972: Ulrika Knape (SWE) • 1976: Elena Vaytsekhovskaya (URS) • 1980: Martina Jäschke (GDR) • 1984: Zhou Jihong (CHN) • 1988: Xu Yanmei (CHN) • 1992 – 1996: Fu Mingxia (CHN) • 2000: Laura Wilkinson (USA) • 2004: Chantelle Newbery (AUS) • 2008: Chen Ruolin (CHN)

1973: Ulrika Knape (SWE)  • 1975: Janet Ely (USA)  • 1978: Irina Kalinina (URS)  • 1982: Wendy Wyland (USA)  • 1986: Chen Lin (CHN)  • 1991: Fu Mingxia (CHN)  • 1994: Fu Mingxia (CHN)  • 1998: Olena Zhupina (UKR)  • 2001: Xu Mian (CHN)  • 2003: Émilie Heymans (CAN)  • 2005: Laura Wilkinson (USA)  • 2007: Wang Xin (CHN)  • 2009: Paola Espinosa (MEX) 2011: Chen Ruolin (CHN)