Johanna Lindborg

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Sara Johanna Lindborg
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Lindborg at the 2021 World Championships
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1998-07-08) July 8, 1998 (age 27)
Helsingborg, Sweden
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubHelsingborg Wrestling Club
Coached byAnders Blomgren
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Bratislava 62 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Rome 57 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Istanbul 59 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Kocaeli 62 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Klippan62 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Nice 62 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Warsaw 59 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Klippan62 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Klippan62 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Nice 57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Madrid 62 kg
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Trnava 57 kg

Johanna Lindborg (born 8 July 1998) is a Swedish freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time European Championships medallist and represented Sweden at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She has also won medals at junior world and continental championships. [1]

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Career

Lindborg began her international wrestling career at junior level. In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women’s 57 kg event at the European Junior Wrestling Championships in Rome, [2] and later that year took bronze at the Junior World Championships in Trnava, Slovakia. [3]

She competed at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, in the 57 kg category and finished seventh overall. [4]

In 2020, Lindborg won the bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome. [5]

She represented Sweden at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, competing in the women’s freestyle 62 kg category and placing tenth. [6]

In 2025, she moved to the 62 kg weight class and reached the final of the European Wrestling Championships in Bratislava, winning the silver medal. She defeated Selvi İlyasoğlu (Turkey), Amina Capezan (Romania), and Luisa Niemesch (Germany) before losing to Iryna Bondar (Ukraine) in the final. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Johanna Lindborg profile page". uww.org.
  2. ↑ "2018 European Junior Wrestling Championships – Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "2018 Junior World Championships – Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "2019 European Games – Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "2020 European Wrestling Championships – Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Sara Johanna Lindborg – Olympic athlete profile". Olympics.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "2025 European Wrestling Championships – Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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