Sweden at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sweden at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Sweden at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	SWE
NPC	Swedish Parasports Federation
in Tokyo, Japan; August 24, 2021 – September 5, 2021
Competitors	26 in 11 sports
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 8
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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[]

Medal	Athlete/s	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Philip Jönsson	Shooting		30 August
Silver	Louise Etzner Jakobsson	Equestrian		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		3 September
Silver	Anna Normann	Shooting		5 September
Bronze	Louise Jannering Guide:	Cycling	Women's road time trial B	31 August
Bronze	Louise Jannering Guide:	Cycling	Women's road race B	3 September

Competitors[]

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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[]

Sweden collected one quota place at the held in Den Bosch, Netherlands.^[2]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Zandra Reppe		643	24	(CHN) L 134–138	Did not advance				17

Athletics[]

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	Men's long jump T12	6.50	7
	Men's long jump T12	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 .^[3]

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Viktoria Karlsson	Women's long jump T11	4.55	6

Boccia[]

Athlete	Event	Group				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Individual BC3	(BRA) L 2–4	Michel (AUS) L 2–8	(THA) W 7–0	3	Did not advance			15

Canoeing[]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helene Ripa		53.005	2 SF	51.220	2 FA	52.307	5

Cycling[]

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

Road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Beck	Women's road race C1–3	1:13:11
Anna Beck	Women's road time trial C1–3	26:18.03
Louise Jannering Pilot:	Women's road race B	2:36:00
Louise Jannering Pilot:	Women's road time trial B	49:36.06
	Men's road race C1–3	2:11:43	11
	Men's road race C1–3	2:23:00	21
	Men's road time trial C3	38:37.17	11

Track[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Anna Beck	Women's individual pursuit C1–3	4:03.035	6	Did not advance
Louise Jannering Pilot:	Women's individual pursuit B	3:53.457	9	Did not advance
Louise Jannering Pilot:	Women's time trial B	N/A		1:19.965	10
	Men's time trial C1–3	N/A		1:18.100	19

Equestrian[]

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Result	Rank
Louise Etzner Jakobsson	Goldstrike B.J.		72.634	4
Louise Etzner Jakobsson	Goldstrike B.J.		75.935
	Fabolous Fidelie		69.833	6
	Fabolous Fidelie		71.505	7

Judo[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	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	(RPC) L 00–10	Did not advance		7

Shooting[]

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 , , Philip Jönsson, Joackim Norberg and Anna Normann.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
		543	14	Did not advance
		612.6	13	Did not advance
Philip Jönsson		632.0	6 Q	252.8	PR
		632.0	23	Did not advance
		623.1	7	143.0	7
Joackim Norberg		551	19	Did not advance
		556	14	Did not advance
		513	23	Did not advance
Anna Normann		622.1	6 Q	121.3	8
		1177 WR	1	424.4	5
		630.5	24	Did not advance
		620.2	5 Q	248.5

Legend: Q=Qualified; PR=Paralympic record

Swimming[]

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	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
	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[]

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 & Emil Andersson via World Ranking allocation.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emil Andersson		(THA) W 3–0	Bouvais (FRA) L 0–3	2 Q	Wilson (GBR) L 0–3	Did not advance			9
Linus Karlsson		Ye (CHN) W 3–2	(BRA) W 3–1	1 Q	McKibbin (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance			9
	Individual C3	(BRA) L w/o	Glinbancheun (THA) L w/o	3	Did not advance
Emil Andersson Linus Karlsson		N/A				France (FRA) L 1–2	Did not advance		5

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anna-Carin Ahlquist	Individual C3	Altıntaş (BRA) W 3–1	(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	(EGY) W 3–0	2 Q	N/A	Pan (CHN) L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Anna-Carin Ahlquist Ingela Lundbäck		N/A				Thailand (THA) W 2–0	Serbia (SRB) W 2–0	China (CHN) L 1–2

Wheelchair tennis[]

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Medaljstark trupp till Paralympics" [Strong medal contending team for the Paralympics] (in Swedish). Swedish Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ Lindahl, Linnea (2 July 2021). "Två svenska ekipage uttagna till Paralympics" [Two Swedish crews selected for Paralympics]. Hippson. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Cheongju 2018 Live Results". www.paralympic.org. 30 August 2018.
^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

External links[]

2020 Summer Paralympics website

[SWE-paratrupp-1] "Medaljstark trupp till Paralympics" [Strong medal contending team for the Paralympics] (in Swedish). Swedish Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[world_archery-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.

[shooting_cheongju_2018_live_results-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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