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Linda Haglund is a Swedish author and former athlete. She was born on 15 June 1956 in Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, Stockholm, Sweden. She is best known for her books about running and her career as a long-distance runner.
Haglund began her running career in the late 1970s and competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She won the Stockholm Marathon in 1985 and the Gothenburg Half Marathon in 1986. She also competed in the World Cross Country Championships in 1985 and 1986.
Haglund has written several books about running, including "Running for Life" (1985), "Running for Women" (1987), and "Running for Fun" (1989). She has also written several books about her own running career, including "My Running Life" (1995) and "My Running Journey" (1998).
Haglund is currently a member of the Swedish Athletics Federation and the Swedish Olympic Committee. She is also a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
As of 2021, Linda Haglund's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
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59 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
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15 June 1956 |
| Birthday |
15 June |
| Birthplace |
Enskede, Sweden |
| Date of death |
21 November 2015, |
| Died Place |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality |
Sweden |
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Linda Haglund Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Linda Haglund's Husband?
Her husband is Houston McTear (1957–2015; his death); 3 children
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Houston McTear (1957–2015; his death); 3 children |
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Michi McTear, Autumn McTear, Isaac McTear |
Linda Haglund Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Linda Haglund worth at the age of 59 years old? Linda Haglund’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. She is from Sweden. We have estimated
Linda Haglund's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Haglund was married to American sprinter Houston McTear from the 1980s until his death on 1 November 2015, aged 58.
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.
Inspired by the Russian artist Marc Chagall, Haglund was a painter and designer and had several exhibitions. She also authored penned 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'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.
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.
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 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.
Linda Haglund (15 June 1956 – 21 November 2015) was a Swedish Olympic sprinter.
Haglund was a member of the Swedish Sports Academy (consisting of 100 athletes in 100 years of Swedish sport from 1899-1999), 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.
