Sweden at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Sweden at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Sweden.svg
IPC code SWE
NPC Swedish Parasports Federation
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors57 in 15 sports
Flag bearer Maja Reichard
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
4
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Sweden is competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They won ten medals; one gold, four silver and five bronze.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Karl Forsman Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB5 11 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Joackim Norberg Shooting Mixed 25 metre pistol SH1 11 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Maja Reichard Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S11 12 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Emil Andersson
Linus Karlsson
Table tennis Men's team class 6–8 16 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Maja Reichard Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM11 16 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Maja Reichard Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S11 9 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anna-Carin Ahlquist Table tennis Women's singles class 3 12 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Louise Etzner Jakobsson Equestrian Individual Championship test grade III 13 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Maja Reichard Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB11 13 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Louise Etzner Jakobsson Equestrian Individual Freestyle test grade III 16 September
Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Swimming 1225
Table tennis 0112
Shooting 0101
Equestrian 0022
Total14510

Administration

At 7 September 2015, one year before the opening ceremony, the Swedish Parasports Federation nominated the first athletes for the Swedish team. [1]

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. [2] [3] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability. [4]

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Zandra Reppe Women's individual compound open 6525ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim  (KOR)
L 135–142
Did not advance9

Athletics

AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Jeffrey Ige Men's shot put F20 15.305
Per Jonsson Men's long jump F12 6.719
Tobias Jonsson Men's 100 m T12 11.578Did not advance
Men's long jump F12 6.976
Viktoria Karlsson Women's long jump T11 4.497
Gunilla Wallengren Women's 800 m T54 1:54.516Did not advance
Women's 1500 m T54 3:30.997 q3:30.1410
Women's 5000 m T54 12:07.886 q12:20.1510

Boccia

AthleteEventGroupQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Maria Bjurström Individual BC3 Flag of Singapore.svg  Toh  (SIN)
W 6–1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Leme  (BRA)
W 5–0
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Macedo  (POR)
L 0–7
Did not advance8

Canoe sprint

Helene Ripa, paralympic gold and silver medallist in cross-country skiing in the 2014 Winter Paralympics qualified for her first summer paralympic games in canoe sprint.

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Helene Ripa Women's KL3 56.8253 SF54.7352 FA52.4925

Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Sweden qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. [5] [6] In total, Sweden secured four quota places in road cycling.

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Anders Bäckman Men's road race H2 1:23:144
Men's time trial H2 36:04.264
Henrik Marvig Men's road race C3 1:51:487
Men's time trial C3 43:13.1310
Jessica Enfot Women's road race H5 1:37:226
Women's time trial H5 36:48.639

Equestrian

The country earned an additional individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method following the suspension of Russia, and France Finland not using one of their allocated spots. [7]

AthleteHorseEventFinal
ResultRank
Louise Etzner Jakobsson Zernard Individual Championship test grade III 70.341Bronze medal icon.svg
Individual Freestyle test grade III 73.650Bronze medal icon.svg
Anita Johnsson Dear Friend Individual Championship test grade Ia 70.8708
Individual Freestyle test grade Ia 62.0508

Goalball

Summary

Key:

TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
L 6–9
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
W 12–6
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
W 9–5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
W 6–3
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
W 5–1
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
L 2–7
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
L 5–6ET
4

Men's tournament

The men's national team qualified after finishing in third place at the 2015 IBSA World Games in Seoul. [8] Sweden's men enter the tournament ranked 13th in the world. [9]

Squad

The following is the Sweden roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [10]

No.PlayerClassDate of birth (age)
1 Fatmir Seremeti B2 (1983-04-10)10 April 1983 (aged 33)
3 Stefan Gahne B2 (1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 34)
4 Nils Posse B2 (1997-10-28)28 October 1997 (aged 18)
5 Jimmy Björkstrand B3 (1979-05-04)4 May 1979 (aged 37)
7 Mikael Åkerberg B3 (1982-07-01)1 July 1982 (aged 34)
8 Peter Weichel B3 (1982-12-23)23 December 1982 (aged 33)
Preliminary round
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (H)44004215+2712 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43013323+109
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4103242623
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41032639133
5Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 41032547223
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts
8 September 2016
09:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg9–6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Patricia Fras (SLO)
Moreno 5
Sousa 2
Marques 1
Celente 1
Report Björkstrand 5
Seremeti 1

9 September 2016
17:30
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg12–6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Weichel 5
Björkstrand 4
Seremeti 3
Report Belhouchat 5
Mokrane 1

12 September 2016
09:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg9–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Björkstrand 4
Seremeti 3
Gahne 2
Report Feistle 3
Horauf 2

13 September 2016
14:15
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU)
Nesbitt 2
Zeividavi 1
Report Björkstrand 3
Seremeti 3

Quarterfinal
14 September 2016
21:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Seremeti 2
Weichel 2
Björkstrand 1
Report Akyüz

Semifinal
15 September 2016
18:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg7–2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Pavliukianec 5
Pazarauskas 2
Report Seremeti 1
Weichel 1

Bronze medal match
16 September 2016
15:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6–5 (a.e.t.)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Moreno 4
Sousa 2
Report Björkstrand 3
Seremeti 2

Judo

Sweden have qualified one judoka for the Games.

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicolina Pernheim Women's 63 kg Flag of South Korea.svg  Jin  (KOR)
L 000–110
Did not advanceByeFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Tursunpashsha  (UZB)
L 000–100
Did not advance5

Paratriathlon

AthleteEventSwim (0.75 km)Trans 1Bike (20 km)Trans 2Run (5 km)Total TimeRank
Shahrzad Kiavash Women's PT2 15.253.2044.412.2127.581:33:457

Sailing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Sweden qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the 2.4m event with a fifteenth-place finish overall and the fifth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Fia Fjelddahl. [11] [12] [13]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Fia Fjelddahl 2.4mR 1315121317128131211211112

Shooting

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Sweden earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R1 – 10m Air Rifle standing men SH1 event as a result of Jonas Jakobsson winning a gold medal. Jakobsson set a new European record of during qualifyingin the R1 event. Sweden qualified another shooter in the R7 – 50m rifle 3 positions Men SH1 event after Jakobsson won a gold medal in this event. Joackim Norberg earned the country another spot in the P1 – 10m Air Pistol Men SH1 event. [14] [15] [16]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Ellinor Axelsson Vaughn earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R5- Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 event. Håkan Gustafsson earned a second spot for Sweden at this competition in the R7- Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event. Lotta Helsinger claimed a third spot for Rio at this competition in the R8- Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event. [15] [17]

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Philip Jönsson earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event. [15] [18]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Ellinor Axelsson Vaughn Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 627.526Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 625.716Did not advance
Håkan Gustafsson Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 614.210Did not advance
Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 1123-25x17Did not advance
Lotta Helsinger Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 Did not startDid not advance
Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 385.619Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 550-12x12Did not advance
Martin Häll Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 610.915Did not advance
Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 1115-27x19Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 622.636Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 589.141Did not advance
Jonas Jacobsson Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 615.59Did not advance
Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 1138-39x10Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 623.734Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 614.411Did not advance
Philip Jönsson Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 634.18 Q83.08
Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 632.45 Q82.58
Joackim Norberg Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 557-13x13Did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 573-18x4 Q121 QG5Silver medal icon.svg
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 520-4x16Did not advance
Håkan Sköld Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 551-12x23Did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 531-7x27Did not advance
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 517-4x20Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Karl Forsman 400 m freestyle S6 6:04.0910Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB5 1:33.471 Q1:34.27Gold medal icon.svg
Mikael Fredriksson 50 m freestyle S3 52.26 NR7 Q55.748
200 m freestyle S3 4:17.70 NR8
50 m backstroke S3 56.918 Q56.537
150 m individual medley SM3 3:24.817 Q3:28.287
Ludvig Nyrén 100 m freestyle S10 58.5519Did not advance
400 m freestyle S10 4:24.9013Did not advance
100 m butterfly S10 1:02.4311Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Pernilla Lindberg 200 m freestyle S14 2:13.743 Q2:12.544
100 m breaststroke SB14 1:23.887 Q1:23.427
100 m backstroke S14 1:15.545 Q1:15.405
200 m individual medley SM14 2:35.264 Q2:36.304
Maja Reichard 50 m freestyle S11 31.052 Q30.76 ERSilver medal icon.svg
100 m freestyle S11 1:11.986 Q1:10.536
100 m backstroke S11 1:25.197 Q1:21.46 NRBronze medal icon.svg
100 m butterfly S13 1:20.7017Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB11 1:26.60Bronze medal icon.svg
200 m individual medley SM11 2:55.803 Q2:51.72 NRSilver medal icon.svg
Lina Watz 50 m freestyle S10 28.935 Q29.698
100 m freestyle S10 1:05.7414Did not advance
400 m freestyle S10 4:57.629Did not advance
100 m backstroke S10 1:13.2710Did not advance
100 m butterfly S10 1:14.5011Did not advance

Legend: Q=Qualified; ER=European record; NR=National record

Table tennis

Men
AthleteEventGroupRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Emil Andersson Singles class 8 Flag of Poland.svg  Skrznecki  (POL)
L 2–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Wilson  (GBR)
W 3–2
2 QFlag of Hungary.svg  Zborai  (HUN)
W 3–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao  (CHN)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Linus Karlsson Flag of Hungary.svg  Csonka  (HUN)
W 3–2
Flag of Brazil.svg  Manara  (BRA)
W 3–2
1 QFlag of France.svg  Bouvais  (FRA)
W 3–1
Flag of Poland.svg  Grudzień  (POL)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Victor Sjöqvist Singles class 3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Knaf  (BRA)
L 0–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhai Xa  (CHN)
L 0–3
3Did not advance
Alexander Öhgren Flag of Nigeria.svg  Koleosho  (NGR)
W 3–1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Petruniv  (UKR)
W 3–2
1 QFlag of Germany.svg  Gürtler  (GER)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Victor Sjöqvist
Alexander Öhgren
Team class 3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
L 0–2
Did not advance5
Emil Andersson
Linus Karlsson
Team class 6–8 ByeFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)
W 2–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
W 2–1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
L 0–2
Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventGroupRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Anna-Carin Ahlquist Singles class 3 Flag of Mexico.svg  Sigala Lopez  (MEX)
W 3–0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Head  (GBR)
W 3–0
1 QByeFlag of Croatia.svg  Muzinic  (CRO)
W 3–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xue  (CHN)
L 1–3
Flag of South Korea.svg  Yoon  (KOR)
W 3–0
Bronze medal icon.svg
Ingela Lundbäck Singles class 5 Flag of South Korea.svg  Y-A Jung  (KOR)
L 0–3
Flag of Fiji.svg  Roden  (FIJ)
W 3–0
2 QFlag of Jordan.svg  Abuawad  (JOR)
W 3–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang  (CHN)
L 1–3
Flag of South Korea.svg  Y-A Jung  (KOR)
L 1–3
4
Anna-Carin Ahlquist
Ingela Lundbäck
Team class 4–5 ByeFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
W 2–1
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)
L 1–2
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
L 1–2
4

Wheelchair rugby

Summary

Key:

TeamGroup StageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
SwedenFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
L 46–50
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 44–54
Flag of France.svg  France
W 55–47
3Did not advanceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
L 42–56
6

Sweden qualified by reaching the final of the 2015 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation European Championship. [19]

Roster

The following is the Sweden roster in the wheelchair rugby tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

NameClass.Date of birth (age)ClubResidence
Glenn Adaszak 0.59 January 1983 (aged 33)Köping Hillbillies Kungsör
Claes Bertilsson 0.525 July 1986 (aged 30)Gothenburg Lions
Andreas Collin 2.519 March 1986 (aged 30)Rehab Alpin Västra Frölunda
Thomas Eriksson 2.56 April 1960 (aged 56)Nacka HI
Tomas Hjert 2.522 June 1989 (aged 27)Nacka HI Trångsund
Stefan Jansson 1.06 March 1985 (aged 31)Köping Hillbillies Järfälla
Roger Lindberg 2.011 January 1972 (aged 44)Köping Hillbillies
Rickard Löfgren 0.517 August 1971 (aged 45)Nacka HI Upplands Väsby
Mikael Norlin 2.520 February 1974 (aged 42)Malmö FIFH Malmö
Loa Rissmar 3.09 May 1963 (aged 53)Nacka HI
Tobias Sandberg 3.528 June 1984 (aged 32)Malmö FIFH Lidingö
Lars Varnerud 1.59 October 1982 (aged 33)Köping Hillbillies
Preliminary round
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300165142+236 Semi-finals
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3201163155+84
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 310214515162 Fifth place Match
4Flag of France.svg  France 3003141166250 Seventh place Match
Source: Rio2016
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg50–46Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Mitch Carr, Darren Roberts

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg44–54Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexander Schriener, Lukasz Symczak

France  Flag of France.svg47–55Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Mitch Carr, Jean Choiniere

Fifth place Match
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg56–42Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Lukasz Symczak

Wheelchair tennis

Stefan Olsson and Dan Wallin have been selected by Sweden's Paralympic Committee. [20] Stefan Olsson qualified via the standard qualification route, while Dan Wallin qualified via a Doubles World Ranking Allocation place. [21]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Stefan Olsson Men's singles ByeFlag of Australia.svg  Weekes  (AUS)
W 6–0, 6–3
Flag of Japan.svg  Sanada  (JPN)
W 6–2, 7–6
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hewett  (GBR)
L 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Did not advance
Dan Wallin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Denayer  (BEL)
W 6–2, 6–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Reid  (GBR)
L 1–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Stefan Olsson
Dan Wallin
Men's doubles Flag of the United States.svg  Baldwin /
Rydberg  (USA)
W 6–3, 6–2
Flag of France.svg  Cattanéo /
Jérémiasz  (FRA)
L 3–6, 1–6
Did not advance

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