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{{Short description|American athlete (1939–2019)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = 
| image            = Blaine Lindgren 1964.jpg
| image_size       = 
| caption          = Lindgren at the 1964 Olympics
| full_name        = Harold Blaine Lindgren
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1939|6|26}}
| birth_place      = [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2019|10|5|1939|6|26}}
| death_place      = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
| sport            = Athletics
| event            = 110 m hurdles
| pb               = 13.5 (1963)<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/blaine-lindgren-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172625/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/blaine-lindgren-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><ref>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3936&Gender=M Blaine Lindgren]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>
| club             = Salt Lake City Recreation Department 
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[sport of athletics|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1963 Pan American Games|1963 Sao Paulo]] | [[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games|110 m hurdles]] }}
}}

'''Harold Blaine Lindgren''' (June 26, 1939 – October 5, 2019) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 m hurdles and participated in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]. 

== Biography ==
He won the 110 metres hurdles event at the 1963 Pan American Games, but then was beaten by [[Hayes Jones]] by a small margin in several competitions, including the 1964 national championships and 1964 Olympics, where Lindgren placed second. He graduated from [[University of Utah]] and worked for the sheriff's department in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]].<ref>{{cite book |title=IAAF Athletics Statistics Book: Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012 |author1=Butler, Mark |author2=IAAF Communications Department |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] |year=2012}}</ref>

Lindgren won the British [[AAA Championships]] titles in the 120 yards and 220 yards hurdles events at the [[1962 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19620714/171/0018 |title=White City Results - First Day |work=Daily Mirror |date=14 July 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19620715/016/0016 |title=Tulloch the Triumphant |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=15 July 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>

Blaine Lindgren died on October 5, 2019, at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thememories.com/obituary/h-blaine-lindgren/23729 |title=The LifeStory & Obituary of Blaine Lindgren |website=TheMemories.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Olympedia|78704}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|harold-blaine-lindgren|Harold Blaine Lindgren}}

{{Footer Pan American Champions 110m Hurdles Men}}

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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Salt Lake City]]
[[Category:American male hurdlers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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