Ulla Lindkvist

Ulla Lindkvist
Personal information
Born(1939-08-30)30 August 1939
Died6 August 2015(2015-08-06) (aged 75)
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Fiskars Individual
Gold medal – first place 1968 Linköping Individual
Gold medal – first place 1970 Friedrichroda Relay
Silver medal – second place 1968 Linköping Relay
Silver medal – second place 1970 Friedrichroda Individual
Silver medal – second place 1972 Doksy Relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Løten Individual
Gold medal – first place 1962 Løten Relay
Gold medal – first place 1964 Le Brassus Relay
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Le Brassus Individual

Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport.[1] She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,[2] and finished second 1970.[3] She became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Swedish team (together with Birgitta Larsson and Eivor Steen-Olsson).[3] She also participated on the teams that obtained silver medals in 1968 and 1972.

Lindkvist holds the record for the number of overall O-Ringen victories, and number of O-Ringen wins in a row, winning eight in a row from 1967 to 1974.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Sveriges första världsmästarinna har lämnat oss" (in Swedish). Svenska Orienteringsförbundet. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 19, 2007)
  3. ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 1970". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2016.