Ulrika Knape
Ulrika Knape at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Personal information
Full nameUlrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg
NationalitySwedish
Born (1955-04-26) 26 April 1955
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country Sweden
SportDiving
ClubSimklubben S02, Göteborg
Coached byGunnel Weinås[1]
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich 10 m platform
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 3 m springboard
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montréal 10 m platform
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 BelgradePlatform
Silver medal – second place 1973 BelgradeSpringboard
Bronze medal – third place 1975 CaliPlatform
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1974 ViennaSpringboard
Gold medal – first place1974 ViennaPlatform

Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg (née Knape on 26 April 1955) is a retired Swedish diver. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals. In 1972–1974 she was named the World Platform Diver of the Year. Domestically she won 38 Swedish titles.[1][2]

Knape won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1972, and after retiring from competitions worked as a national diving coach. She is married to the fellow diver Mathz Lindberg; their daughter Anna Lindberg competed in diving at five Olympics.[1][2]

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