John Allan Lindberg (21 June 1918 – 2 May 2004) was a Swedish

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. In 1946 he won the national title and the

1946 European Athletics Championships The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the champ ...

, setting a national record. He finished 12th at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

.Allan Lindberg
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1918 births 2004 deaths Swedish male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub