Sweden at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Sweden at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSWE
NPCSwedish Parasports Federation
in Sydney
Competitors88 in 12 sports
Flag bearerHåkan Ericsson[1]
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
10
Total
21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October 2000.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Johnny Eriksson Table tennis Men's singles class 6
 Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Men's free rifle 3×40 SH1
 Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Mixed free rifle prone SH1
 Gold Thomas Johansson Shooting Mixed air rifle prone SH2
 Gold Thomas Johansson Shooting Mixed air rifle standing SH2
 Silver Håkan Ericsson Athletics Men's 100 m T54
 Silver Tim Johansson Athletics Men's 800 m T51
 Silver Madelene Nordlund Athletics Women's 200 m T53
 Silver Madelene Nordlund Athletics Women's 400 m T53
 Silver Håkan Ericsson Athletics Men's 1500 m T52
 Silver Nora Prochazka Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB5
 Bronze Fredrik Andersson Table tennis Men's singles class 10
 Bronze Sofia Dettmann Athletics Women's 400 m T54
 Bronze Håkan Ericsson Athletics Men's 200 m T54
 Bronze Jan-Krister Gustavsson
Ernst Bolldén		 Table tennis Men's teams class 5
 Bronze Victor Göransson Athletics Men's long jump F42
 Bronze Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Men's air rifle standing SH1
 Bronze Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Mixed air rifle prone SH1
 Bronze Mattias Karlsson Table tennis Men's singles class 6
 Bronze Helena Gustavsson
Malin Gustavsson
Josefine Jälmestål
Anna Nilsson
Lena Saarensalo
Sarah Winberg		 Goalball Women's team
 Bronze Jimmy Björkstrand
Niklas Hultqvist
Torsten Karlsson
Boris Samuelsson
Mikael Stahl
Niklas Wetterström		 Goalball Men's team

Competitors

Sweden's wheelchair rugby team in action against hosts Australia at the 2000 Games

At the 200 Paralympic Games Sweden sent 88 athletes competing for medals in 17 disciplines.[2]

Archery

  • Roger Eriksson
  • Siv Thulin

Athletics

  • Thomas Brandhild (F37 Discus, Shot put)
  • Magnus Bärtfors (T20 1500m)
  • Sofia Dettmann (T54 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m)
  • Håkan Ericsson (T54, 100m, 200m, 400m)
  • Klas Ersson (F20 High jump)
  • Viktor Göransson (F42 Long jump, F42 100m)
  • Tim Johansson (T51 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m)
  • Christer Lenander (T38 100m, 200m)
  • Andreas Nordin (F13 Discus, Shot put, Javelin)
  • Kasper Nordlinder (T37 1500m, 5000m)
  • Madelene Nordlund (T53 200m, 400m, 800m, 5000m, marathon)
  • Hakan Sahlberg (F20 Javelin, Shot put)
  • Per Vesterlund (T52 800m, 1500m, 5000m)
  • Emil Oestberg (T13 5000m)

Equestrian

  • Kerstin Englund
  • Ida Gustafsson
  • Helena Hagberg
  • Ida Landahl
  • Sahra Rydh

Goalball

Men

  • Jimmy Björkstrand
  • Niklas Hultqvist
  • Torsten Karlsson
  • Boris Samuelsson
  • Mikael Stahl
  • Niklas Wetterström

Women

  • Helena Gustavsson
  • Malin Gustavsson
  • Josefine Jälmestål
  • Anna Nilsson
  • Lena Saarensalo
  • Sarah Winberg

Powerlifting

  • Jonas Celin (men's 56 kg)

Sailing

  • Carl-Gustaf Fresk (sonar)
  • Lars Bagge (sonar)
  • Jan-Olof Edbom (sonar)
  • Lars Löfström (sonar)
  • Claes Hultling (2.4 mR)

Shooting

  • Jonas Jacobsson
  • Thomas Johansson
  • Anders Lundvall
  • Kenneth Pettersson
  • Björn Samuelsson

Swimming

  • Karin Bergek
  • Daniel Bergström
  • Sandra Eriksson
  • Stefan Larsson
  • David Lega
  • Nora Prochazka
  • Alex Racoveanu
  • Simon Åhlstad

Table tennis

  • Fredrik Andersson
  • Magnus Andrée
  • Robert Bader
  • Ernst Bolldén
  • Johnny Eriksson
  • Jan-Christer Gustavsson
  • Simon Itkonen
  • Jörgen Johansson
  • Mattias Karlsson
  • Örjan Kylevik

Wheelchair basketball

  • Enoch Ablorh
  • Lars-Gunnar Andersson
  • Gunnar Berglund
  • Daniel Flensburg
  • Joachim Gustavsson
  • Hussein Haidari
  • Per Jameson
  • Peter Kohlström
  • Per Uhlen
  • Christian Wapner
  • Stefan Wegeborn
  • Thomas Åkerberg

Wheelchair rugby

  • Tomas Engblom
  • Thomas Eriksson
  • Magnus Gunnarsson
  • Ulf Josefsson
  • Per-Arne Kulle
  • Kristoffer Lindberg
  • Andreas Lundgren
  • Jan-Owe Mattsson
  • Jesper Nilsson
  • Magnus Olers
  • Loa Rissmar
  • Haci Sak

Wheelchair tennis

Notes

  1. ^ "Fanbärare - Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  2. ^ "I morgon börjar festen – igen". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 17 October 2000. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

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