Ronny Persson

Bo "Ronny" Michael Persson[1] (born (1966-08-11)August 11, 1966 in Kramfors, Västernorrland County, Sweden) is a Swedish para alpine skier and wheelchair curler.[2]

Ronny Persson
Curler  ♂
Born	(1966-08-11) August 11, 1966 Kramfors, Västernorrland County, Sweden
Team
Curling club	Härnösands CK, Härnösand
Career
Member Association	Sweden
World Wheelchair Championship appearances	1 (2020)
Paralympic appearances	1 (2018)
Medal record Alpine skiing Winter Paralympics 1998 Nagano downhill 2002 Salt Lake City slalom 2002 Salt Lake City giant slalom 2002 Salt Lake City super-G 2002 Salt Lake City downhill Wheelchair curling World Wheelchair Championship 2020 Wetzikon

Sports career

As a para alpine skier (LW10 class: sitting, paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance) he participated at the 1998 Winter Paralympics (won a bronze medal in downhill) and at the 2002 Winter Paralympics (won three silver medals - in slalom, giant slalom and super-G - and a bronze medal in downhill).

Before the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the idea was that Ronny would end his alpine career by winning a Paralympic gold, which he did at most of the World Cups. But an injury that led to a serious infection and blood poisoning put an end to these plans.

After some years without sport he started wheelchair curling at 2013.[3]

As a wheelchair curler he participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics where Swedish team finished on tenth place.

He was a Swedish flag bearer at the 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony.[4]

In 2004 he had a nomination for the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with Disability Award.

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2013–14	Jalle Jungnell	Glenn Ikonen	Patrik Kallin	Ronny Persson			SWhCC 2014 [5]
2014–15	Patrik Kallin	Kristina Ulander	Ronny Persson	Anette Wilhelm			SWhCC 2015 [6]
	Jalle Jungnell	Patrik Kallin	Ronny Persson	Kristina Ulander	Zandra Reppe	Mats Mabergs	WWhCC 2015 (9th)
2015–16	Patrik Kallin	Kristina Ulander	Ronny Persson	Zandra Reppe	Gert Erlandsson	Mia Boman	WWhCC-B 2015
	Ronny Persson (4th)	Patrik Kallin (skip)	Kristina Ulander	Gert Erlandsson			SWhCC 2016 [7]
2016–17	Patrik Kallin	Viljo Petersson-Dahl	Ronny Persson	Kristina Ulander	Zandra Reppe	Mia Boman	WWhCC-B 2016 (7th)
	Patrik Kallin	Kristina Ulander	Ronny Persson	Gert Erlandsson			SWhCC 2017 [8]
2017–18	Viljo Petersson-Dahl	Ronny Persson	Mats-Ola Engborg	Kristina Ulander	Zandra Reppe	Peter Narup, Mia Boman	WPG 2018 (10th)
2019–20	Kristina Ulander	Ronny Persson	Marcus Holm	Zandra Reppe			SWhCC 2020 [9]
	Viljo Petersson-Dahl	Mats-Ola Engborg	Ronny Persson	Kristina Ulander	Zandra Reppe	Alison Kreviazuk	WWhCC-B 2019 WWhCC 2020

References

1. Bo Ronny Michael Persson (Stockholm, 53 år) - Merinfo.se(in Swedish)
2. Ronny Persson on the World Curling Federation database
3. Stockholm » Ronny glider fram mot VM och Paralympiska spelen(in Swedish)
4. Paralympiern Ronny Persson: "Curling? Jag är ju en störtloppskille!" - Radiosporten(in Swedish)
5. SM Rullstolscurling 2014 - Svenska Curlingförbundet(in Swedish)
6. Resultat 2014—2015 — Svenska Curlingförbundet(in Swedish) (look at "SM RULLSTOLSCURLING 4-MANNALAG")
7. Resultat 2015—2016 — Svenska Curlingförbundet(in Swedish) (см. "SM RULLSTOLSCURLING 2016")
8. Resultat 2016—2017 — Svenska Curlingförbundet(in Swedish) (см. "SM RULLSTOLSCURLING 2017")
9. Resultat 2019—2020 — Svenska Curlingförbundet(in Swedish) (look at "SM RULLSTOLSCURLING 2020")

External links

• Ronny Persson at International Paralympic Committee
• Ronny Persson at International Paralympic Committee
• Ronny Persson at World Curling Federation
• Ronny Persson on Facebook
• "Ronny PERSSON - PWG2018 - Nordic Skiing - paralympic.org". Archived from the original on July 9, 2020.
• Video: 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, bronze medal game, China vs Sweden on YouTube