Ruth Svedberg

Ruth Svedberg

Ruth Augusta Svedberg (14 April 1903 – 27 December 2002) was a Swedish track and field athlete. She competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay and discus throw events and won a bronze medal in the discus, failing to reach the finals in sprint events. Two years later she won the bronze medal in the triathlon at the third Women's World Games.Svedberg held national records in the discus throw, shot put and triathlon and won the national championships in the long jump (1933), shot put (1933 and 1937), discus (1927, 1929–30, 1932–33 and 1949), javelin throw (1929, 1931 and 1933), triathlon (1929–31, 1933, 1937 and 1938), and in the 4×80 m (1939–41) and 4 × 100 m sprint relays (1943–45 and 1947). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Svedberg has received more than 10,374 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Svedberg is the 790th most popular athlete, the 838th most popular biography from Sweden and the 65th most popular Swedish Athlete.