Jonas Jacobsson

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Jonas Jacobsson
Jonas Jacobsson (skytt).jpg
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Born (1965-06-22) 22 June 1965 (age 57)
Norrköping, Sweden
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Disability class SH1, SH2
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Paralympic Games 1749
Shooting para sport
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Arnhem Mixed air rifle standing 2-5
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville
& New York
Men's air rifle standing team 1A-6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle prone team 2-6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Men's air rifle standing SH2
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Mixed Olympic Match SH2
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Men's air rifle 3×40 SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Mixed English match SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Men's free rifle 3×40 SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Mixed free rifle prone SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens Mixed air rifle prone SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens Men's air rifle standing SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens Mixed free rifle prone SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Men's air rifle standing SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Mixed free rifle prone SH1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville
& New York
Men's air rifle 3 positions team 1A-6
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville
& New York
Men's air rifle kneeling team 1A-6
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville
& New York
Men's air rifle standing 2-6
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Men's air rifle standing SH1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Arnhem Mixed air rifle 3 positions 2-5
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville
& New York
Men's air rifle 3 positions 2-6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville
& New York
Men's air rifle prone team 1A-6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle 3 positions team 2-6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle standing team 2-6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Mixed air rifle 3×40 SH2
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Mixed air rifle prone SH1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Mixed air rifle prone SH1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Men's air rifle standing SH1

Jonas Jacobsson (born 22 June 1965) is a Swedish sport shooter who has won several gold medals at the Paralympic Games. He participated in ten consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1980 to 2016, winning a total of seventeen gold, four silver, and nine bronze medals. [1] In 1996, he won two gold medals in the air rifle 3×40 and English match events and a bronze in the air rifle prone at the Atlanta Paralympics. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, he took two gold medals in the free rifle 3×40 and free rifle prone events and two bronzes in air rifle standing and air rifle prone events. Four years later, at the Athens Games, he competed in the same four events and won the gold medal in all of them.

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On 10 September 2008 Jacobsson won his 16th gold medal in the Paralympic Games making him the best performing male Paralympics contestant so far. Later that year, he became the first athlete with a physical disability to receive the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, [2] Sweden's most significant sports award.

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References

  1. "Sweden's Jacobsson shoots way to 17th Paralympic gold". The Local Sweden . Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. "Bragdguldet till Jonas Jacobsson" [The Feat Gold to Jonas Jacobsson] (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet . Retrieved 15 July 2021.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2008
Succeeded by