Hans Lindh

Hans Lindh
Personal information
Country represented	Sweden
Born	2 December 1930
Died	17 April 1987 (aged 56)
Former partner	Gun Mothander Barbro Leidestam
Retired	1957

Hans Lindh (2 December 1930 – 17 April 1987) was a Swedish figure skater. As a single skater, he was an eleven-time Swedish national champion. He also competed in pair skating with Barbro Leidestam and Gun Mothander. Lindh became a coach in 1960, working at Djurgårdens IF and other clubs in the Stockholm region, and founded the Swedish figure skating coaching association.^[1] He died in an accident on 17 April 1987.^[1]

Competitive highlights

Single skating

International
Event	46–47	47–48	48–49	49–50	50–51	51–52	52–53	53–54	54–55	55–56	56–57
Nordics			3rd	3rd			3rd	3rd	3rd		2nd
National[2]
Swedish	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

Pair skating with Mothander

International
Event	1953–54	1954–55
Nordic Championships		3rd
National[3]
Swedish Championships	2nd	2nd

Pair skating with Leidestam

National[3]
Event	1943–44
Swedish Championships	3rd

References

1. "Årets Hans Lindh stipendiater" [This year's Hans Lindh scholarship recipients] (in Swedish). svenskkonstakning.se. 10 June 2014.
2. "SM i konståkning - herrar" [Swedish Figure Skating Championships - Men] (PDF) (in Swedish). svenskkonstakning.se. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2016.
3. "SM i konståkning - par" [Swedish Figure Skating Championships - Pairs] (PDF) (in Swedish). svenskkonstakning.se. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2016.