Elisabeth Berglund

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Elisabeth Berglund
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Born(1949-05-26)26 May 1949
Timrå, Sweden
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubTimrå AIF
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1970 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle

Gudrun Elisabeth Berglund (born 26 May 1949) is a retired Swedish swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. [1] She competed in three freestyle events at the 1968 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in preliminaries. [2]

Berglund was born in Timrå and started swimming in a club in 1960–1961; she later moved to Ytterhogdal. After retirement from swimming she worked as a gym coach and teacher of Swedish to foreigners. She is a board member of the Swedish Ski Association. [3]

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