Knut Lindberg


Knut Andreas "Knatten" Lindberg was a Swedish athlete who competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He had his best results in 1906, when he won a silver medal in javelin throw and finished fifth in ancient pentathlon and sixth in the 100 m race. He won another silver medal in 1912, with the Swedish 4 × 100 m relay team, but failed to reach the finals in all his other events in 1908 and 1912, which included sprint and javelin throw.
Lindberg won 15 national athletics titles: nine over 100 m ; three over 200 m and three over 110 m hurdles. He was also part of the Örgryte IS football team that won the Swedish championships in 1902 and 1904–1907. In 1910 he beat to death a taxi driver, but his defense lawyer managed to lower his sentence to seven months.