Knut Lindberg

Knut Andreas "Knatten" Lindberg (2 February 1882 – 6 April 1961) was a Swedish athlete who competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He had his best results in 1906, when he won a silver medal in javelin throw and finished fifth in ancient pentathlon[1] and sixth in the 100 m race. He won another silver medal in 1912, with the Swedish 4 × 100 m relay team, but failed to reach the finals in all his other events in 1908 and 1912, which included sprint and javelin throw.[2]

Knut Lindberg

Knut Lindberg running 100 m at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born	2 February 1882 Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	6 April 1961 (aged 69) Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m, javelin throw
Club	Örgryte IS, Göteborg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 10.6 (1906) 200 m – 22.3e (1912) JT – 45.17 m (1906)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sweden Intercalated Games 1906 Athens Javelin throw Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm 4×100 m relay

Lindberg won 15 national athletics titles: nine over 100 m (1902, 1904–1909, 1911 and 1912); three over 200 m (1908–1909 and 1912) and three over 110 m hurdles (1907–1909). He was also part of the Örgryte IS football team that won the Swedish championships in 1902 and 1904–1907. In 1910 he beat to death a taxi driver, but his defense lawyer managed to lower his sentence to seven months.[3]

References

1. The pentathlon event in the 1906 Games consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 metre run, and a Greco-Roman wrestling match.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Knut Lindberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
3. Knut Lindberg. Swedish Olympic Committee

Further reading

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 July 2006.