Ulrika Knape

Ulrika Knape

Ulrika Knape at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Personal information
Full name	Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1955-04-26) 26 April 1955 Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Diving
Club	Simklubben S02, Göteborg
Coached by	Gunnel Weinås1
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1972 Munich 10 m platform 1972 Munich 3 m springboard 1976 Montréal 10 m platform World Championships 1973 Belgrade Platform 1973 Belgrade Springboard 1975 Cali Platform European Championships 1974 Vienna Springboard 1974 Vienna Platform

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.¹²

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.¹²