Edward Lindberg

Edward Ferdinand Jacob Lindberg ( born November 9, 1886 in Cherokee, Iowa, † February 1978 in Highland Park, Illinois) was an American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

He grew up in his birthplace Cherikee, the son of an immigrant family from Sweden. 1909 and 1911, he won the AAU championships each about 440 yards, making him qualified to participate in the upcoming Olympics.

In the V. Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 he won the bronze medal in the 400 - meter dash, behind the Americans Charles Reidpath (Gold ) and the German Hanns Braun ( Silver) as well as the team gold medal in the 4-by- 400 - meter relay, along with his teammates Mel Sheppard, Ted Meredith and Charles Reidpath, before the teams from France ( silver ) and Great Britain (bronze). The team at this run simultaneously with a time of 3:16,6 min a new world record.

Highland Park (Illinois) Athletics (sport) Amateur Athletic Union 400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay Cecil Griffiths Guy Butler (athlete) Commodore Cochran William Stevenson (athlete) Oliver MacDonald Alan Helffrich George Baird (athlete) Emerson Spencer Ivan Fuqua Karl Warner Bill Carr Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts (athlete) Godfrey Brown Arthur Harnden Arthur Wint Leslie Laing George Rhoden Jesse Mashburn Jack Yerman Earl Young (athlete) Otis Davis Ollan Cassell Ulis Williams Henry Carr Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans (athlete) Robert Ouko (athlete) Julius Sang Herman Frazier Benny Brown Maxie Parks Remigijus Valiulis Mikhail Linge Nikolay Chernetskiy Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay Danny Everett Steve Lewis (sprinter) Kevin Robinzine Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson (sprinter) Alvin Harrison LaMont Smith Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank Enefiok Udo-Obong Jude Monye Sunday Bada Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville (athlete) Chris Brown (athlete) Demetrius Pinder Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller
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