Evy Margareta Westerberg (16 June 1934 – 5 December 2018) was a Swedish

gymnast Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. She was a two-time Olympic medalist and three-time World Championship medalist during the 1950s.

Career

Berggren made her debut with the Swedish national team at the

1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 12th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Basel, the second largest city of Switzerland, on July 14-16, 1950. 20,000 spectators watched the championships, held for the first time in Switzerland, and the Swiss team was very su ...

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, Switzerland. She had to apply for dispensation to participate in the world championships, as she had only recently turned sixteen at the time of competition and was considered underage for the Swedish squad. With the Swedish team, Berggren won gold in the women's team exercise with portable apparatus, an event that laid the foundation for modern

rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop, ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball, Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs, ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ...

, and in the women's team all-around – she placed fourth in the individual all-around. At the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

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, Berggren won a gold medal in the team exercise with portable apparatus. Sweden placed fourth in the team all-around and Berggren was 36th in the individual all-around. Berggren's best result in an individual event was earned at the

1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly k ...

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, where she won bronze on vault. She finished 0.030 points behind her compatriot Ann-Sofi Pettersson and the Soviet Union's Tamara Manina, who tied for gold. At the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

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, Berggren was part of the Swedish silver medal-winning team that participated in team portable apparatus.

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* * 1934 births 2018 deaths Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sportspeople from Skellefteå Swedish female artistic gymnasts 20th-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub