Sweden at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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

Sweden at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSWE
NPCSwedish Parasports Federation
in Sydney
Competitors88 in 12 sports
Flag bearerHåkan Ericsson[1]
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
10
Total
21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  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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Athletics

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Equestrian

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Goalball

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Women

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Powerlifting

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Table tennis

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Wheelchair basketball

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Wheelchair rugby

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Wheelchair tennis

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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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