Gunhild Larking, Swedish high jumperin the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, 1956. by theodourus
Bongressman on December 31, 2025 6:49 pm https://preview.redd.it/t0xgnv1l5lag1.jpeg?width=403&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60558f7671677c8ba4d6a75ae057cc14046cb3da
Opposite_Age3894 on December 31, 2025 6:51 pm She finished 4th, but won the ‘most photographed athlete’ gold. LIFE magazine knew what they were doing.
Choice_Display_7693 on December 31, 2025 6:59 pm “Photographer missed the actual gold medal jump because he was too busy documenting peak 1950s Swedish elegance. Priorities.”
Open-Cheek-6942 on December 31, 2025 7:02 pm “That look says: ‘I could jump higher than your expectations… and I already did.'”
Desperate_Poet1080 on December 31, 2025 7:06 pm “Colorized and still looks like she time-traveled from a modern photoshoot. Timeless.”
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She is gorgeous
high jumperin all over the place
She’s very handsome
After all these years, she just jumped into my heart.
Braless
Mother of god
WOW.. Stunning woman…
https://preview.redd.it/t0xgnv1l5lag1.jpeg?width=403&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60558f7671677c8ba4d6a75ae057cc14046cb3da
She finished 4th, but won the ‘most photographed athlete’ gold. LIFE magazine knew what they were doing.
Fierce beauty
Old-school drool
“Photographer missed the actual gold medal jump because he was too busy documenting peak 1950s Swedish elegance. Priorities.”
Lord Almighty
“That look says: ‘I could jump higher than your expectations… and I already did.'”
“Colorized and still looks like she time-traveled from a modern photoshoot. Timeless.”