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Nationality | Swedish |
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Country | Sweden |
Sport | Paralympic shooting |
Viktoria Wedin is a Swedish Paralympic sport shooter.
Wedin has impaired muscle power and competes in SH2 classification events. [1]
Wedin competed at the Paralympic Games in 1996, [1] 2004, where she won a bronze medal in the Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 event, [2] and in 2008, where she won a bronze medal in the Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2 event. [1]
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