Sweden at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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Sweden at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Sweden.svg
IPC code SWE
NPC Swedish Parasports Federation
in Sydney
Competitors88 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Håkan Ericsson [1]
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
10
Total
21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October 2000.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Johnny Eriksson Table tennis Men's singles class 6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Men's free rifle 3×40 SH1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Mixed free rifle prone SH1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Thomas Johansson Shooting Mixed air rifle prone SH2
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Thomas Johansson Shooting Mixed air rifle standing SH2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Håkan Ericsson Athletics Men's 100 m T54
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tim Johansson Athletics Men's 800 m T51
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Madelene Nordlund Athletics Women's 200 m T53
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Madelene Nordlund Athletics Women's 400 m T53
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Håkan Ericsson Athletics Men's 1500 m T52
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nora Prochazka Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fredrik Andersson Table tennis Men's singles class 10
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sofia Dettmann Athletics Women's 400 m T54
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Håkan Ericsson Athletics Men's 200 m T54
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jan-Krister Gustavsson
Ernst Bolldén
Table tennis Men's teams class 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Victor Göransson Athletics Men's long jump F42
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Men's air rifle standing SH1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Mixed air rifle prone SH1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mattias Karlsson Table tennis Men's singles class 6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Helena Gustavsson
Malin Gustavsson
Josefine Jälmestål
Anna Nilsson
Lena Saarensalo
Sarah Winberg
Goalball Women's team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jimmy Björkstrand
Niklas Hultqvist
Torsten Karlsson
Boris Samuelsson
Mikael Stahl
Niklas Wetterström
Goalball Men's team

Competitors

Sweden's wheelchair rugby team in action against hosts Australia at the 2000 Games 261000 - Wheelchair rugby George Hucks action - 3b - 2000 Sydney match photo.jpg
Sweden's wheelchair rugby team in action against hosts Australia at the 2000 Games

At the 200 Paralympic Games Sweden sent 88 athletes competing for medals in 17 disciplines. [2]

Archery

Athletics

Equestrian

Goalball

Men

Women

Powerlifting

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair tennis

Notes

  1. "Fanbärare - Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  2. "I morgon börjar festen – igen". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 17 October 2000. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

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