Linda Knowles


Linda Yvonne Knowles is a retired track and field athlete.

Athletics career

She represented Great Britain in the women's high jump event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
He represented England in the high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.

Personal life

She married the Swedish decathlete Lennart Hedmark and now resides in Malmö, Sweden.