Personal information | |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 November 1983
Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Sweden |
Sport | Para athletics |
Disability class | T20 |
Event | Shot put |
Club | Huddinge AIS |
Coached by | Hans Almstrom (club) Magnus Olsson (national) |
Jeffrey Ige (born 29 November 1983) is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden who competes in T20 classification shot put events. [1] Ige represented Sweden at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won the silver medal in the shot put. As well as Paralympic success, Ige has won both the World and European Championship titles in his sport, in 2011 and 2014 respectively. [2]
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Birth Date: 29 Nov 1983