Career
He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the super heavyweight division. However, after four years he retired to concentrate on an academic career in 2005. After completing degrees in accounting and economics at the University of Adelaide, he returned to boxing and in 2010 Linde fought competitively for the first time in six years, moving up to the super heavyweight division (+91 kg).
Linde lost in the round of 16 at the London Olympics to Chinese super heavyweight Zhilei Zhang, who was the silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the same weight division.