Karl Edmund Lindmark (6 July 1894 – 11 February 1968) was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 gymnast

Gymnast

Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...

 and diver

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

 who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

, in the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

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He was born in Umeå

Umeå

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 and died in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. He was the father of Else-Marie Lindmark-Ljungdahl

Else-Marie Ljungdahl

Else-Marie Lindmark Ljungdahl is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1960s. Competing two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at Tokyo in 1964....

, who competed as a sprint canoer

Canoe racing

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 in two Summer Olympics in the 1960s.

In 1920 he was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event in 1920.

Four years later he finished fourth in the 3 metre springboard competition

Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as plongeons du tremplin , was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards...

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In the 1928 3 metre springboard competition

Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as fancy diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards...

he was eliminated in the first round.