Linda Haglund

Swedish sprinter

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Linda Haglund

Linda Haglund at Globen in Stockholm, 2013.

Born| (1956-06-15)15 June 1956

Enskede, Sweden

Died| 21 November 2015(2015-11-21) (aged 59)

Stockholm, Sweden

Occupation(s)| Author, athlete
Spouse(s)| Houston McTear (1957–2015; his death); 3 children

Linda Haglund (15 June 1956 – 21 November 2015) was a Swedish Olympic sprinter.[1]

## Running career

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Haglund became a member of Hanvikens SK, a track and field club located just south of Stockholm, at the age of 13. She showed great promise as a future sprinting star by recording, barefoot, 12.7 for 100 m at her first meet representing Hanvikens SK. Haglund's precocious talent was displayed on an international stage at the European Championships of 1971, held in Helsinki, Finland.

She was named on the Swedish track and field team that competed in Helsinki that year. She was 15 at the time and acknowledged as the youngest athlete of the meet. One year later, Haglund was appointed to the first of three Swedish Olympic teams: Munich, 1972. Her running career would take her to the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, as well as those held in Moscow in 1980. Haglund had her best Olympic Games' showing with a fourth place in the Moscow Games' 100 m final.

Haglund participated in the World Cups of 1979 (Montreal) and 1981 (Rome) and was a five-time medalist at European Championships held in 1976 (gold), 1978 (silver), 1978 (silver), 1980 (silver), and 1981 (silver). Haglund was the captain for many years of the women's track and field team in Sweden and still holds Swedish records for 100 m - 11.16 (1980), 200 m - 22.82 (1978), and 60 m - 7.13 (1978). Haglund was one of very few sprinters to have beaten Evelyn Ashford. Haglund ran 11.06 (wind-aided) to better Jarmila Kratochvílová's 11.18 and Ashford's 11.25 in a 1981 meet in Berlin. Haglund was ranked 3rd (78), 5th (81), and 7th (79 & 80) in world rankings during her running career.

### Career end

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Haglund's running career was brought to an abrupt end in 1981 after a failed drug test. A Swedish board of adjudicators found Haglund innocent of charges (she alleged her coach had given her two pills he called 'vitamins') but turned over their decision for further consideration to an international track and field tribunal assembled in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1982. This tribunal found against Haglund, who then retired.

### Legacy

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Haglund was a member of the Swedish Sports Academy (consisting of 100 athletes in 100 years of Swedish sport from 1899 to 1999), and was awarded the Victoria Scholarship in 1981. She also belonged to the Legends of "1956", a sports fraternity of outstanding Swedish athletes born in 1956: Björn Borg, Ingemar Stenmark, Thomas Wassberg and Frank Andersson.

## After running

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Inspired by the Russian artist Marc Chagall, Haglund was a painter and designer and had several exhibitions. She also authored a book on health and wellness, Lindas må bra bok (Linda's feel good book), published by Prisma in 2007. Haglund was related to the Danish singer and actor Otto Brandenburg.

Haglund was married to American sprinter Houston McTear from the 1980s until his death on 1 November 2015, aged 58.[2]

## Death

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Haglund died of cancer and a pulmonary hemorrhage on 21 November 2015, aged 59. Her cancer and lung issues was discovered first only six days before her death after she was transported by ambulance to hospital after feeling ill. She died only three weeks after her husband's death, also from cancer.[3]

## See also

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* List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

## References

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1. ^ "- Panama City News Herald - Panama City, FL". Panama City News Herald. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
2. ^ "Whatever happened to the 'World's Fastest Human?'". Retrieved 22 November 2015.
3. ^ "Linda Haglund död". DN.SE. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

## Further reading

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* Linda Haglund at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

## External links

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* Linda Haglund at World Athletics
* Linda Haglund at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
* Linda Haglund at Olympedia
* Sport Bladet
* Intelius
* Sweden Bio at the Wayback Machine (archived February 25, 2009)

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IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay

* 1977: Europe (Possekel, Lynch, Richter, Lannaman)
* 1979: Europe (Haglund, Réga, Richter, Hunte)
* 1981: East Germany (Siemon, Wöckel, Walther, Göhr)
* 1985: East Germany (Gladisch, Rieger, Auerswald, Göhr)
* 1989: East Germany (Behrendt, Günther, Möller, Oschkenat)
* 1992: Asia (Gao, Tian, Chen, Xiao)
* 1994: Africa (Idehen, Tombiri, Opara-Thompson, Onyali)
* 1998: United States (Taplin, Gaines, Miller, Guidry)
* 2002: Americas (Lawrence, Campbell, McDonald, Ferguson)
* 2006: Americas (Bailey, Ferguson-McKenzie, Mothersille, Simpson)
* 2010: Americas (Mothersille, Ferguson-McKenzie, Solomon, Baptiste)
* 2014: Americas (Bartoletta, Ahye, Henry-Robinson, Campbell-Brown)
* 2018: Americas (Tenorio, Miller-Uibo, Prandini, Rosa)

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European Athletics Indoor Champions in women's 60 metres

* 1966:  †: Margit Nemesházi (HUN)
* 1967:  †: Margit Nemesházi (HUN)
* 1968:  †: Sylviane Telliez (FRA)
* 1969:  †: Irena Szewińska (POL)
* 1970:  †: Renate Stecher (GDR)
* 1971:  †: Renate Stecher (GDR)
* 1972:  †: Renate Stecher (GDR)
* 1973:  Annegret Richter (FRG)
* 1974:  Renate Stecher (GDR)
* 1975:  Andrea Lynch (GBR)
* 1976:  Linda Haglund (SWE)
* 1977:  Marlies Göhr (GDR)
* 1978:  Marlies Göhr (GDR)
* 1979:  Marlies Göhr (GDR)
* 1980:  Sofka Popova (BUL)
* 1981:  †: Sofka Popova (BUL)
* 1982:  Marlies Göhr (GDR)
* 1983:  Marlies Göhr (GDR)
* 1984:  Beverly Kinch (GBR)
* 1985:  Nelli Cooman (NED)
* 1986:  Nelli Cooman (NED)
* 1987:  Nelli Cooman (NED)
* 1988:  Nelli Cooman (NED)
* 1989:  Nelli Cooman (NED)
* 1990:  Ulrike Sarvari (GER)
* 1992:  Zhanna Tarnopolskaya (RUS)
* 1994:  Nelli Cooman (NED)
* 1996:  Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
* 1998:  Melanie Paschke (GER)
* 2000:  Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
* 2002:  Kim Gevaert (BEL)
* 2005:  Kim Gevaert (BEL)
* 2007:  Kim Gevaert (BEL)
* 2009:  Yevgeniya Polyakova (RUS)
* 2011:  Olesya Povh (UKR)
* 2013:  Mariya Ryemyen (UKR)
* 2015:  Dafne Schippers (NED)
* 2017:  Asha Philip (GBR)
* 2019:  Ewa Swoboda (POL)
* 2021:  Ajla Del Ponte (SUI)
* 2023:  Mujinga Kambundji (SUI)
* 2025:  Zaynab Dosso (ITA)

The 1967–1969, 1972 and 1981 races were over 50 metres

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Italian Athletics Champions in women's indoor 60 m

* 1970: Cecilia Molinari
* 1971: Cecilia Molinari
* 1972: Cecilia Molinari
* 1973: Cecilia Molinari
* 1974: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN)
* 1975: Rita Bottiglieri
* 1976: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN)
* 1977: Linda Haglund (SWE)
* 1978: Rita Bottiglieri
* 1979: Marisa Masullo
* 1980: Laura Miano
* 1981: Marisa Masullo
* 1982: Antonella Capriotti
* 1983: Marisa Masullo
* 1984: Laura Miano
* 1985: Marisa Masullo
* 1986: Daniela Ferrian
* 1987: Daniela Ferrian
* 1988: Roberta Rabaioli
* 1989: Sonia Vigati
* 1990: Sonia Vigati
* 1991: Marisa Masullo
* 1992: Lara Sinico
* 1993: Marisa Masullo
* 1994: Lara Sinico
* 1995: Lara Sinico
* 1996: Carla Tuzzi
* 1997: Giada Gallina
* 1998: Manuela Levorato
* 1999: Manuela Levorato
* 2000: Manuela Levorato
* 2001: Manuela Grillo
* 2002: Manuela Levorato
* 2003: Manuela Levorato
* 2004: Manuela Levorato
* 2005: Daniela Graglia
* 2006: Manuela Grillo
* 2007: Daniela Graglia
* 2008: Vincenza Calì
* 2009: Anita Pistone
* 2010: Maria Aurora Salvagno
* 2011: Manuela Levorato
* 2012: Audrey Alloh
* 2013: Audrey Alloh
* 2014: Audrey Alloh
* 2015: Audrey Alloh
* 2016: Ilenia Draisci
* 2017: Anna Bongiorni
* 2018: Anna Bongiorni
* 2019: Johanelis Herrera
* 2020: Irene Siragusa
* 2021: Vittoria Fontana
* 2022: Zaynab Dosso

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