Henry Lindblad

Bror Henry Lindblad (25 February 1906 – 28 September 1946) was a Swedish pole vaulter and decathlete. The first Swede to vault four metres or more, he was Swedish pole vault champion seven times and AAA champion three times. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam he competed in the pole vault and decathlon, finishing in the top ten in both events.

Career Lindblad won the first of his seven Swedish pole vault titles in 1925. In 1927 he won the British AAA Championships, clearing 3.81 m. during the 1927 AAA Championships. In July 1928, ahead of the Olympics, he jumped 3.92 m in Stockholm, his first Swedish record.

At the Olympics Lindblad took part in both the pole vault and the decathlon. clearing 3.90 m and placing seventh. He also won his second Swedish title that year. a feat he repeated in 1931. He set his eventual personal best (4.13 m) in winning the 1931 Finnkampen, holding the Swedish record until Bo Ljungberg cleared 4.15 m four years later. Lindblad won further Swedish titles in 1933, 1936 and 1937 and placed seventh at the inaugural European Championships in 1934.