Ulvi Voog

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Ulvi Voog
Personal information
Born (1937-02-18) 18 February 1937 (age 87)
Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Dünamo Tallinn

Ulvi Indrikson (née Voog; born 18 February 1937) is an Estonian former freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 4×100 m freestyle and finished eights in the 4×100 m relay.[2] During her career she won 11 national (USSR) titles: in the 100 m freestyle (1955–58, 60), 400 m freestyle (1956–60) and 4×100 m freestyle (1958), and set 10 national records.[3]

Voog graduated from the University of Tartu. She started training in swimming in 1952 and after retirement in 1967 worked as a swimming coach for Dünamo Tallinn (1967–92) and the Soviet swimming team (1977). Around 1960 she changed her name to Indrikson.[3] She is a grandmother of Estonian swimmers Triin, Martti and Berit Aljand.[2] In 1957 she was chosen as the Estonian Sportspersonality of the year.[3]

References

  1. Ulvi VOOG. les-sports.info
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ulvi Voog. sports-reference.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 INDRIKSON, ULVI. spordiinfo.ee (in Estonian; 2010-12-31)