Jalle Jungnell (born 6 January 1954) is a Swedish Paralympic wheelchair curler. His team won bronze in Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics and in the 2009 World wheelchair curling championship they won silver. [1] He is also the founder and owner of Panthera, a wheelchair-manufacturer in Sweden. [2] [3]
In 2024, he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame. [4]
 Paralympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Event | Year | Place |
| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2006 |  Italy Torino |
| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 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 |
| 6. | Wheelchair curling | 2008 | Switzerland Sursee |
| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2009 | Canada Vancouver |
| 6. | Wheelchair curling | 2012 |  South Korea Chuncheon |
| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2013 |  Russia Sochi |
Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body that required the everyday use of a wheelchair.
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