Annette Tannander Bank

Annette Tannander Bank (née Annette Tannander, born 1958) [http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/nov/07/nordic-walking-a-great-offseason-workout/ Sandrock: Nordic walking: A great offseason workout] ] is a retired Swedish athlete who participated in the heptathlon and high jump events. She represented her native country twice in the Olympics: she was seventh in the 1976 Montreal Olympic high jump, clearing 1.87m, [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/olympics/1976_w.asp 1976 Olympic Games Womens Results] ] and finished 14th in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic heptathlon with 5908 points. [ [http://sportslion.net/track/halloffame/LA1984/LA84-heptathlonw.html Olympic Games, Los Angeles, July-August 1984, Women's heptathlon] ]

Moving to the U.S. in 1978 on a scholarship, she became a massage therapist, fitness trainer and an author after her career, among others writing the book "Complete Idiots Guide To Fitness" with Claire Walter. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0028636589 Complete Idiot's Guide to Fitness @ amazon.com] ] Tannander Bank is married, is a proponent of nordic walking and currently lives in Boulder, Colorado. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0028636589 Anette Tannander @ amazon.com] ]

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* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0028636589 Anette Tannander @ amazon.com]
* [http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/nov/07/nordic-walking-a-great-offseason-workout/ Annette Tannander bio]
* [http://www.dailybruin.com/photos/galleries/2007/mar/01/looking_back_1984_olympics/102/ Picture of Annette Tannander from 1984]