Glenn Ikonen

Glenn Ikonen

Glenn Ikonen (born 29 April 1955) is a Swedish Paralympic wheelchair curler. He was on the bronze medal-winning Swedish team at the 2006 Winter Paralympics and competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, ^[1] where he was suspended for six months ^[2] for use of an illegal drug, ^[3] a blood pressure medicine he had taken for 4–5 years, prescribed by his doctor. ^[4] He moved to Sweden from Finland in 1979. ^[5]

Results

Paralympic Games
Finish	Event	Year	Place
Bronze	Wheelchair curling	2006	Italy Torino
Bronze	Wheelchair Curling suspended	2010	Canada Vancouver
Wheelchair curling World Championships
Finish	Event	Year	Place
4.	Wheelchair curling	2002	Switzerland Sursee
7.	Wheelchair curling	2004	Switzerland Sursee
4.	Wheelchair curling	2005	Scotland Glasgow
10.	Wheelchair curling	2007	Sweden Sollefteå
6.	Wheelchair curling	2008	Switzerland Sursee
Silver	Wheelchair curling	2009	Canada Vancouver

References

1. "World Curling Federation: Wheelchair Curling Teams for Vancouver 2010". Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
2. Paralympier stängs av i sex månader Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine , Sveriges Radio, 3 May 2010.
3. "The Vancouver Sun: Swedish wheelchair curler suspended for use of an illegal drug". Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
4. Svensk paralympier fast för dopning Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish), Expressen , 19 March 2010.
5. "Pyörätuolicurling vaatii tarkkuutta" (in Finnish). Yle. 14 March 2006. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019. ... Karjaalla nuoruutensa viettänyt Glenn Ikonen ... muutti Ruotsiin 1979.

External links

• Glenn Ikonen at World Curling
• Glenn Ikonen at Paralympic.org
• Profile at the Official Website for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver