Ylva Lindberg (née Martinsen; born 29 June 1976) is a Swedish retired

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player and, , an assistant coach to the Norwegian women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the

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and a bronze medal at the

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. Lindberg

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in 2006, along with fellow hockey player Erika Holst. (Swedish)

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* * 1976 births Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics LGBTQ ice hockey players Swedish lesbian sportswomen Living people Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Ice hockey people from Umeå Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey players {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub