Sweden at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Sweden at the
2000 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| SWE
NPC| Swedish Parasports Federation
in Sydney
Competitors| 88 in 12 sports
Flag bearer| Håkan Ericsson[1]
Medals
Ranked 29th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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* 2024

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

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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

## Competitors

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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

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Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Roger Eriksson
* Siv Thulin

### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Thomas Brandhild (F37 Discus, Shot put)
* Magnus Bärtfors (T20 1500m)
* Sofia Dettmann (T54 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m)
* Håkan Ericsson (T54, 100m, 200m, 400m)
* Klas Ersson (F20 High jump)
* Viktor Göransson (F42 Long jump, F42 100m)
* Tim Johansson (T51 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m)
* Christer Lenander (T38 100m, 200m)
* Andreas Nordin (F13 Discus, Shot put, Javelin)
* Kasper Nordlinder (T37 1500m, 5000m)
* Madelene Nordlund (T53 200m, 400m, 800m, 5000m, marathon)
* Hakan Sahlberg (F20 Javelin, Shot put)
* Per Vesterlund (T52 800m, 1500m, 5000m)
* Emil Oestberg (T13 5000m)

### Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Kerstin Englund
* Ida Gustafsson
* Helena Hagberg
* Ida Landahl
* Sahra Rydh

### Goalball

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Main article: Goalball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

#### Men

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* Jimmy Björkstrand
* Niklas Hultqvist
* Torsten Karlsson
* Boris Samuelsson
* Mikael Stahl
* Niklas Wetterström

#### Women

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* Helena Gustavsson
* Malin Gustavsson
* Josefine Jälmestål
* Anna Nilsson
* Lena Saarensalo
* Sarah Winberg

### Powerlifting

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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Jonas Celin (men's 56 kg)

### Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Carl-Gustaf Fresk (sonar)
* Lars Bagge (sonar)
* Jan-Olof Edbom (sonar)
* Lars Löfström (sonar)
* Claes Hultling (2.4 mR)

### Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Jonas Jacobsson
* Thomas Johansson
* Anders Lundvall
* Kenneth Pettersson
* Björn Samuelsson

### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Karin Bergek
* Daniel Bergström
* Sandra Erikson
* Stefan Larsson
* David Lega
* Nora Prochazka
* Alex Racoveanu
* Simon Åhlstad

### Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Fredrik Andersson
* Magnus Andrée
* Robert Bader
* Ernst Bolldén
* Johnny Eriksson
* Jan-Christer Gustavsson
* Simon Itkonen
* Jörgen Johansson
* Mattias Karlsson
* Örjan Kylevik

### Wheelchair basketball

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Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Enoch Ablorh
* Lars-Gunnar Andersson
* Gunnar Berglund
* Daniel Flensburg
* Joachim Gustavsson
* Hussein Haidari
* Per Jameson
* Peter Kohlström
* Per Uhlen
* Christian Wapner
* Stefan Wegeborn
* Thomas Åkerberg

### Wheelchair rugby

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Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Tomas Engblom
* Thomas Eriksson
* Magnus Gunnarsson
* Ulf Josefsson
* Per-Arne Kulle
* Kristoffer Lindberg
* Andreas Lundgren
* Jan-Owe Mattsson
* Jesper Nilsson
* Magnus Olers
* Loa Rissmar
* Haci Sak

### Wheelchair tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

* Andreas Westman
* Peter Wikström

## Notes

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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.

## See also

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* Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics
* Sweden at the Paralympics

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Nations at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia

Africa|

* Algeria
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* Egypt
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* Kenya
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* Libya
* Madagascar
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* Zimbabwe

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Asia|

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Europe|

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Oceania|

* Australia
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Other|

* Individual Paralympic Athletes

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