Magdalena Tjernberg

Magdalena Tjernberg (born June 3, 1970) in Gothenburg, is a Swedish former Paralympic swimmer.[1] Her twin sister, Gabriella Tjernberg, was also a parasailing athlete.[2]

She won four gold and one silver medal in the Summer Paralympics which was held in New York in 1984. In the next Summer Paralympics which was held in Seoul in 1988, she took six gold and two silver medals. [3]

At the European Championships in Rome in 1985, she took five golds. At the 1986 World Cup in Gothenburg, Tjernberg took nine gold, one silver and two bronze. She was named Sports Woman of the Year in 1986.[4]

In 1988, she finished second in the voting for the Jerring Award; second behind the Olympic gold medalist in skating, Tomas Gustafson.