Sweden at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Sweden at the
2020 Summer Paralympics

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IPC code| SWE
NPC| Swedish Parasports Federation
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors| 26 in 11 sports
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Sweden competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, which took place from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960. The Swedish team consisted of 26 athletes in 11 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal  | Athlete/s  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Philip Jönsson | Shooting | Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 | 30 August
Silver | Louise Etzner Jakobsson | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test grade IV | 30 August
Silver | Anna Beck | Cycling | Women's road time trial C1–3 | 31 August
Silver | Anna Beck | Cycling | Women's road race C1–3 | 3 September
Silver | Anna-Carin Ahlquist
Ingela Lundbäck | Table tennis | Women's team class 4–5 | 3 September
Silver | Anna Normann | Shooting | Mixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1 | 5 September
Bronze | Louise Jannering
Guide: Anna Svärdström | Cycling | Women's road time trial B | 31 August
Bronze | Louise Jannering
Guide: Anna Svärdström | Cycling | Women's road race B | 3 September

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Archery | 0 | 1 | 1
Athletics | 2 | 1 | 3
Boccia | 0 | 1 | 1
Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1
Cycling | 2 | 2 | 4
Equestrian | 0 | 2 | 2
Judo | 0 | 1 | 1
Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5
Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2
Table tennis | 3 | 2 | 5
Wheelchair tennis | 1 | 0 | 1
Total | 11 | 15 | 26

## Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Sweden collected one quota place at the 2019 Para Archery World Championships held in Den Bosch, Netherlands.[2]

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Rank
Zandra Reppe | Women's individual compound open | 643  | 24  |  Li (CHN)
L 134–138  | Did not advance  | 17

## Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Men's field
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Rank
Tobias Jonsson | Men's long jump T12 | 6.50  | 7
Olof Ryberg | 6.25  | 8

Per Jonsson was qualified and selected to compete in men's long jump T12, but was injured shortly before the games and was replaced by Olof Ryberg.[3]

Women's field
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Rank
Viktoria Karlsson | Women's long jump T11 | 4.55  | 6

## Boccia

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Main articles: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Athlete  | Event  | Group  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Maria Bjurström | Individual BC3 |  de Oliveira (BRA)
L 2–4  |  Michel (AUS)
L 2–8  |  Chaipanich (THA)
W 7–0  | 3  | Did not advance  | 15

## Canoeing

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Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Helene Ripa | Women's KL3 | 53.005  | 2 SF | 51.220  | 2 FA | 52.307  | 5

## Cycling

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Sweden is scheduled to compete in cycling (male and female road events) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Anna Beck | Women's road race C1–3 | 1:13:11  |
Women's road time trial C1–3 | 26:18.03  |
Louise Jannering
Pilot: Anna Svärdström | Women's road race B | 2:36:00  |
Women's road time trial B | 49:36.06  |
Henrik Marvig | Men's road race C1–3 | 2:11:43  | 11
Daniel Strandberg | Men's road race C1–3 | 2:23:00  | 21
Men's road time trial C3 | 38:37.17  | 11

### Track

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Anna Beck | Women's individual pursuit C1–3 | 4:03.035  | 6  | Did not advance
Louise Jannering
Pilot: Jenny Eliasson | Women's individual pursuit B | 3:53.457  | 9  | Did not advance
Women's time trial B | —  | 1:19.965  | 10
Henrik Marvig | Men's time trial C1–3 | —  | 1:18.100  | 19

## Equestrian

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Sweden sent two athletes, Louise Etzner Jakobsson and Lena Malmström.[1][4]

Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Rank
Louise Etzner Jakobsson | Goldstrike B.J.  | Individual Championship test grade IV | 72.634  | 4
Individual Freestyle test grade IV | 75.935  |
Lena Malmström | Fabolous Fidelie  | Individual Championship test grade V | 69.833  | 6
Individual Freestyle test grade V | 71.505  | 7

## Judo

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage
round 1  | Repechage
round 2  | Final/
Bronze medal contest

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Nicolina Pernheim | Women's 63 kg | Bye  |  Husieva (UKR)
L 01–10  | Did not advance  |  Pozdnysheva (RPC)
L 00–10  | Did not advance  | 7

## Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Sweden qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after their results at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships and the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup.[5]

The athletes that qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics are Bang Yu-jeong, Håkan Gustafsson, Philip Jönsson, Joackim Norberg and Anna Normann.[1]

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Bang Yu-jeong | Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 | 543  | 14  | Did not advance
Håkan Gustafsson | Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 612.6  | 13  | Did not advance
Philip Jönsson | Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 | 632.0  | 6 Q | 252.8  |  PR
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 632.0  | 23  | Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH2 | 623.1  | 7  | 143.0  | 7
Joackim Norberg | Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 | 551  | 19  | Did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 | 556  | 14  | Did not advance
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 | 513  | 23  | Did not advance
Anna Normann | Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 622.1  | 6 Q | 121.3  | 8
Women's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1177 WR | 1  | 424.4  | 5
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 630.5  | 24  | Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 | 620.2  | 5 Q | 248.5  |

Legend: Q=Qualified; PR=Paralympic record

## Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Two Swedish swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.[6][7]

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Pernilla Lindberg | 200 m freestyle S14 | 2:12.86  | 5 Q | 2:12.33  | 5
100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:21.37  | 8 Q | 1:21.56  | 8
100 m backstroke S14 | 1:14.71  | 9  | Did not advance
100 m butterfly S14 | 1:11.79  | 10  | Did not advance
200 m individual medley SM14 | 2:34.02  | 6  | 2:32.01  | 5
Lina Watz | 400 m freestyle S9 | 5:11.19  | 13  | Did not advance
100 m backstroke S9 | 1:13.70  | 5 Q | 1:14.86  | 7

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

## Table tennis

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Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Sweden entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Anna-Carin Ahlquist & Ingela Lundbäck qualified from 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and Alexander Öhgren & Emil Andersson via World Ranking allocation.[8]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Emil Andersson | Individual C8 |  Charitsat (THA)
W 3–0  |  Bouvais (FRA)
L 0–3  | 2 Q |  Wilson (GBR)
L 0–3  | Did not advance  | 9
Linus Karlsson | Individual C8 |  Ye (CHN)
W 3–2  |  Guarnieri Manara (BRA)
W 3–1  | 1 Q |  McKibbin (GBR)
L 2–3  | Did not advance  | 9
Alexander Öhgren | Individual C3 |  Andrade de Freitas (BRA)
L w/o |  Glinbancheun (THA)
L w/o | 3  | Did not advance  |
Emil Andersson
Linus Karlsson | Team C8 | —  |  France (FRA)
L 1–2  | Did not advance  | 5

Alexander Öhgren developed cold symptoms. While he tested negative for Covid-19 he was nevertheless forced to withdraw from the games.

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Anna-Carin Ahlquist | Individual C3 |  Altıntaş (BRA)
W 3–1  |  Asayut (THA)
W 3–1  | 1 Q | Bye  |  Kanova (SVK)
L 0–3  | Did not advance  | 5
Ingela Lundbäck | Individual C5 |  Zhang (CHN)
L 1–3  |  Mahmoud (EGY)
W 3–0  | 2 Q | —  |  Pan (CHN)
L 2–3  | Did not advance  | 5
Anna-Carin Ahlquist
Ingela Lundbäck | Team C4–5 | —  |  Thailand (THA)
W 2–0  |  Serbia (SRB)
W 2–0  |  China (CHN)
L 1–2  |

## Wheelchair tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sweden qualified one players entries for wheelchair tennis. Stefan Olsson qualified by the world rankings.

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Stefan Olsson | Men's singles |  Daniel Rodrigues (BRA)
W 6–3, 6–2  |  Arai (JPN)
W 6–0, 6–2  |  Egberink (NED)
L 6–1, 6–7, 3–6  | Did not advance  | 9

## See also

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* Sweden at the Paralympics
* Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Medaljstark trupp till Paralympics" [Strong medal contending team for the Paralympics] (in Swedish). Swedish Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
2. ^ Wells, Chris (10 June 2019). "23 countries collect Tokyo 2020 Paralympic quota places at World Championships". World Archery. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
3. ^ "Tobias Jonsson slutade på en sjundeplats i finalen" [Tobias Jonsson finished seventh in the final] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. ^ Lindahl, Linnea (2 July 2021). "Två svenska ekipage uttagna till Paralympics" [Two Swedish crews selected for Paralympics]. Hippson. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
5. ^ "Cheongju 2018 Live Results". www.paralympic.org. 30 August 2018.
6. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
7. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
8. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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