Magdalena Tjernberg

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

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.

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.

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

International honors Paralympic Games Year Place Medal Proof 1984 New York Stoke Mandeville 100 m butterfly B1 1984 New York Stoke Mandeville 100 m breaststroke B1 1984 New York Stoke Mandeville 400 m breaststroke B1 1984 New York Stoke Mandeville 400 m free B1 1984 New York Stoke Mandeville 100m free B1 1988 Seoul 50 m breaststroke B1 1988 Seoul 100 m breaststroke B1 1988 Seoul 200 m breaststroke B1 1988 Seoul 100m free B1 1988 Seoul 400 m free B1 1988 Seoul 200m B1 styles 1988 Seoul 50 m free B1 1988 Seoul 100 m butterfly B1