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]
 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 |
Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games.
The curling competition of the 2010 Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver. It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006. For the 2010 Winter Olympics the competition followed the same format that was used during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, with 10 teams playing a round robin tournament, from which the top four teams advance to the semi-finals.
Cheating at the Paralympic Games has caused scandals that have significantly changed the way in which the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) manages the events.
The wheelchair curling competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010. Ten teams competed in a single event, a mixed tournament in which men and women competed together.
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... Karjaalla nuoruutensa viettänyt Glenn Ikonen ... muutti Ruotsiin 1979.
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