Roger Aandalen

Roger Aandalen
	Roger Aandalen (left) in a boccia match vs Japan at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing
Personal information
Nationality	Norway
Born	8 June 1965 (age 54)
Sport
Sport	Boccia
Club	Oslo handicapidrettslag [1]
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2004 Summer Paralympics : Individual BC1 – Silver; 2012 Summer Paralympics : Individual BC1 – Bronze
Boccia
Representing Norway
Paralympic Games

Last updated July 28, 2019

Roger Aandalen (born 8 June 1965) is a Norwegian boccia player.

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – bottia. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes with severe physical disabilities. It was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills. In 1984, it became a Paralympic sport, and in 2008 was being practised in over fifty countries worldwide. Boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and is one of only two Paralympic sports that have no counterpart in the Olympic program.

He won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, as well as a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics He has competed at the Paralympic Games in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and London 2012.

Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens. Contestants were categorised as follows:

Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in the ExCeL from 2 September to 8 September, with a maximum of 104 athletes competing in seven events. There were four individual events, two pair events, and one team event.

The Paralympics is an international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

He has cerebral palsy.^[2]

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References

↑ Boccia (Norwegian), Oslo handicapidrettslag
↑ Ei hånd til oss selv (Norwegian), Dagbladet, September 16, 2008

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[1] Boccia (Norwegian), Oslo handicapidrettslag

[2] Ei hånd til oss selv (Norwegian), Dagbladet, September 16, 2008