Sweden at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sweden is competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They won ten medals; one gold, four silver and five bronze.

Sweden at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSWE
NPCSwedish Parasports Federation
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors57 in 15 sports
Flag bearer Maja Reichard
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
4
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer Paralympics appearances

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldKarl ForsmanSwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke SB511 September
 SilverJoackim NorbergShootingMixed 25 metre pistol SH111 September
 SilverMaja ReichardSwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle S1112 September
 SilverEmil Andersson
Linus Karlsson
Table tennisMen's team class 6-816 September
 SilverMaja ReichardSwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley SM1116 September
 BronzeMaja ReichardSwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S119 September
 BronzeAnna-Carin AhlquistTable tennisWomen's singles class 312 September
 BronzeLouise Etzner JakobssonEquestrianIndividual Championship test grade III13 September
 BronzeMaja ReichardSwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke SB1113 September
 BronzeLouise Etzner JakobssonEquestrianIndividual Freestyle test grade III16 September
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Swimming1225
Table tennis0112
Shooting0101
Equestrian0022
Total14510

Administration

At 7 September 2015, one year before the opening ceremony, the Swedish Parasports Federation nominated the first athletes for the Swedish team.[1]

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[2][3] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[4]

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Zandra Reppe Women's individual compound open 652 5 Bye  Kim (KOR)
L 135–142
Did not advance 9

Athletics

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Jeffrey Ige Men's shot put F20 N/A 15.30 5
Per Jonsson Men's long jump F12 N/A 6.71 9
Tobias Jonsson Men's 100 m T12 11.57 8 Did not advance
Men's long jump F12 N/A 6.97 6
Viktoria Karlsson Women's long jump T11 N/A 4.49 7
Gunilla Wallengren Women's 800 m T54 1:54.51 6 Did not advance
Women's 1500 m T54 3:30.99 7 q 3:30.14 10
Women's 5000 m T54 12:07.88 6 q 12:20.15 10

Boccia

Athlete Event Group Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Maria Bjurström Individual BC3  Toh (SIN)
W 6–1
 Leme (BRA)
W 5–0
1  Macedo (POR)
L 0–7
Did not advance 8

Canoe sprint

Helene Ripa, paralympic gold and silver medallist in cross-country skiing in the 2014 Winter Paralympics qualified for her first summer paralympic games in canoe sprint.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Helene Ripa Women's KL3 56.825 3 SF 54.735 2 FA 52.492 5

Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Sweden qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[5][6] In total, Sweden secured four quota places in road cycling.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Anders Bäckman Men's road race H2 1:23:14 4
Men's time trial H2 36:04.26 4
Henrik Marvig Men's road race C3 1:51:48 7
Men's time trial C3 43:13.13 10
Jessica Enfot Women's road race H5 1:37:22 6
Women's time trial H5 36:48.63 9

Equestrian

The country earned an additional individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method following the suspension of Russia, and France Finland not using one of their allocated spots.[7]

Athlete Horse Event Final
Result Rank
Louise Etzner Jakobsson Zernard Individual Championship test grade III 70.341
Individual Freestyle test grade III 73.650
Anita Johnsson Dear Friend Individual Championship test grade Ia 70.870 8
Individual Freestyle test grade Ia 62.050 8

Goalball

Summary

Key:

  • ET: After Extra Time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament  Brazil
L 6–9
 Algeria
W 12–6
 Germany
W 9–5
 Canada
W 6–3
2  Turkey
W 5–1
 Lithuania
L 2–7
 Brazil
L 5–6ET
4

Men's tournament

The men's national team qualified after finishing in third place at the 2015 IBSA World Games in Seoul.[8] Sweden's men enter the tournament ranked 13th in the world.[9]

Squad

The following is the Sweden roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[10]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1Fatmir SeremetiB2 (1983-04-10)10 April 1983 (aged 33)
3Stefan GahneB2 (1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 34)
4Nils PosseB2 (1997-10-28)28 October 1997 (aged 18)
5Jimmy BjörkstrandB3 (1979-05-04)4 May 1979 (aged 37)
7Mikael ÅkerbergB3 (1982-07-01)1 July 1982 (aged 34)
8Peter WeichelB3 (1982-12-23)23 December 1982 (aged 33)
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 4 4 0 0 42 15 +27 12 Quarter-finals
2  Sweden 4 3 0 1 33 23 +10 9
3  Germany 4 1 0 3 24 26 2 3
4  Canada 4 1 0 3 26 39 13 3
5  Algeria 4 1 0 3 25 47 22 3
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host.
8 September 2016
09:00
Brazil  9–6  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Patricia Fras (SLO)
Moreno 5
Sousa 2
Marques 1
Celente 1
Report Björkstrand 5
Seremeti 1

9 September 2016
17:30
Sweden  12–6  Algeria Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Weichel 5
Björkstrand 4
Seremeti 3
Report Belhouchat 5
Mokrane 1

12 September 2016
09:00
Sweden  9–5  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Björkstrand 4
Seremeti 3
Gahne 2
Report Feistle 3
Horauf 2

13 September 2016
14:15
Canada  3–6  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU)
Nesbitt 2
Zeividavi 1
Report Björkstrand 3
Seremeti 3

Quarterfinal
14 September 2016
21:00
Sweden  5–1  Turkey Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Seremeti 2
Weichel 2
Björkstrand 1
Report Akyuz

Semifinal
15 September 2016
18:30
Lithuania  7–2  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Pavliukianec 5
Pazarauskas 2
Report Seremeti 1
Weichel 1

Bronze medal match
16 September 2016
15:00
Brazil  6–5 (a.e.t.)  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Moreno 4
Sousa 2
Report Björkstrand 3
Seremeti 2

Judo

Sweden have qualified one judoka for the Games.

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicolina Pernheim Women's 63 kg  Jin (KOR)
L 000–110
Did not advance Bye  Tursunpashsha (UZB)
L 000–100
Did not advance 5

Paratriathlon

Athlete Event Swim (0.75 km) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Shahrzad Kiavash Women's PT2 15.25 3.20 44.41 2.21 27.58 1:33:45 7

Sailing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Sweden qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the 2.4m event with a fifteenth-place finish overall and the fifth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Fia Fjelddahl.[11][12][13]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Fia Fjelddahl 2.4mR 13 15 12 13 17 12 8 13 12 11 2 111 12

Shooting

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Sweden earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R1 – 10m Air Rifle standing men SH1 event as a result of Jonas Jakobsson winning a gold medal. Jakobsson set a new European record of during qualifyingin the R1 event. Sweden qualified another shooter in the R7 – 50m rifle 3 positions Men SH1 event after Jakobsson won a gold medal in this event. Joackim Norberg earned the country another spot in the P1 – 10m Air Pistol Men SH1 event.[14][15][16]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Ellinor Axelsson Vaughn earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R5- Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 event. Håkan Gustafsson earned a second spot for Sweden at this competition in the R7- Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event. Lotta Helsinger claimed a third spot for Rio at this competition in the R8- Women’s50m Rifle 3 Positions event.[15][17]

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Philip Jonsson earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event.[15][18]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ellinor Axelsson Vaughn Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 627.5 26 N/A Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 625.7 16 N/A Did not advance
Håkan Gustafsson Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 614.2 10 N/A Did not advance
Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 1123-25x 17 N/A Did not advance
Lotta Helsinger Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 Did not start N/A Did not advance
Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 385.6 19 N/A Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 550-12x 12 N/A Did not advance
Martin Häll Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 610.9 15 N/A Did not advance
Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 1115-27x 19 N/A Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 622.6 36 N/A Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 589.1 41 N/A Did not advance
Jonas Jacobsson Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 615.5 9 N/A Did not advance
Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 1138-39x 10 N/A Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 623.7 34 N/A Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 614.4 11 N/A Did not advance
Philip Jönsson Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 634.1 8 Q N/A 83.0 8
Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 632.4 5 Q N/A 82.5 8
Joackim Norberg Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 557-13x 13 N/A Did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 573-18x 4 Q 12 1 QG 5
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 520-4x 16 N/A Did not advance
Håkan Sköld Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 551-12x 23 N/A Did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 531-7x 27 Did not advance
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 517-4x 20 N/A Did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Karl Forsman 400 m freestyle S6 6:04.09 10 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB5 1:33.47 1 Q 1:34.27
Mikael Fredriksson 50 m freestyle S3 52.26 NR 7 Q 55.74 8
200 m freestyle S3 N/A 4:17.70 NR 8
50 m backstroke S3 56.91 8 Q 56.53 7
150 m individual medley SM3 3:24.81 7 Q 3:28.28 7
Ludvig Nyrén 100 m freestyle S10 58.55 19 Did not advance
400 m freestyle S10 4:24.90 13 Did not advance
100 m butterfly S10 1:02.43 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Pernilla Lindberg 200 m freestyle S14 2:13.74 3 Q 2:12.54 4
100 m breaststroke SB14 1:23.88 7 Q 1:23.42 7
100 m backstroke S14 1:15.54 5 Q 1:15.40 5
200 m individual medley SM14 2:35.26 4 Q 2:36.30 4
Maja Reichard 50 m freestyle S11 31.05 2 Q 30.76 ER
100 m freestyle S11 1:11.98 6 Q 1:10.53 6
100 m backstroke S11 1:25.19 7 Q 1:21.46 NR
100 m butterfly S13 1:20.70 17 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB11 N/A 1:26.60
200 m individual medley SM11 2:55.80 3 Q 2:51.72 NR
Lina Watz 50 m freestyle S10 28.93 5 Q 29.69 8
100 m freestyle S10 1:05.74 14 Did not advance
400 m freestyle S10 4:57.62 9 Did not advance
100 m backstroke S10 1:13.27 10 Did not advance
100 m butterfly S10 1:14.50 11 Did not advance

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

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Group Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Emil Andersson Singles class 8  Skrznecki (POL)
L 2–3
 Wilson (GBR)
W 3–2
2 Q  Zborai (HUN)
W 3–1
 Zhao (CHN)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Linus Karlsson  Csonka (HUN)
W 3–2
 Manara (BRA)
W 3–2
1 Q  Bouvais (FRA)
W 3–1
 Grudzień (POL)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Victor Sjöqvist Singles class 3  Knaf (BRA)
L 0–3
 Zhai Xa (CHN)
L 0–3
3 Did not advance
Alexander Öhgren  Koleosho (NGR)
W 3–1
 Petruniv (UKR)
W 3–2
1 Q  Gürtler (GER)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Victor Sjöqvist
Alexander Öhgren
Team class 3 N/A  Germany (GER)
L 0–2
Did not advance 5
Emil Andersson
Linus Karlsson
Team class 6-8 N/A Bye  Slovakia (SVK)
W 2–0
 China (CHN)
W 2–1
 Ukraine (UKR)
L 0–2
Women
Athlete Event Group Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Anna-Carin Ahlquist Singles class 3  Sigala Lopez (MEX)
W 3–0
 Head (GBR)
W 3–0
1 Q Bye  Muzinic (CRO)
W 3–2
 Xue (CHN)
L 1–3
 Yoon (KOR)
W 3–0
Ingela Lundbäck Singles class 5  Y-A Jung (KOR)
L 0–3
 Roden (FIJ)
W 3–0
2 Q N/A  Abuawad (JOR)
W 3–0
 Zhang (CHN)
L 1–3
 Y-A Jung (KOR)
L 1–3
4
Anna-Carin Ahlquist
Ingela Lundbäck
Team class 4-5 N/A Bye  Mexico (MEX)
W 2–1
 Serbia (SRB)
L 1–2
 South Korea (KOR)
L 1–2
4

Wheelchair rugby

Summary

Key:

  • ET: After Extra Time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sweden  Japan
L 46–50
 United States
L 44–54
 France
W 55–47
3 Did not advance  Great Britain
L 42–56
6

Sweden qualified by reaching the final of the 2015 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation European Championship.[19]

  • Team competition – one team of 12 players
Roster

The following is the Sweden roster in the wheelchair rugby tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Name Class. Date of birth (age) Club Residence
Glenn Adaszak0.5 (1983-01-09)9 January 1983 (aged 33)Köping HillbilliesKungsör
Claes Bertilsson0.5 (1986-07-25)25 July 1986 (aged 30)Gothenburg Lions
Andreas Collin2.5 (1986-03-19)19 March 1986 (aged 30)Rehab AlpinVästra Frölunda
Thomas Eriksson2.5 (1960-04-06)6 April 1960 (aged 56)Nacka HI
Tomas Hjert2.5 (1989-06-22)22 June 1989 (aged 27)Nacka HITrångsund
Stefan Jansson1.0 (1985-03-06)6 March 1985 (aged 31)Köping HillbilliesJärfälla
Roger Lindberg2.0 (1972-01-11)11 January 1972 (aged 44)Köping Hillbillies
Rickard Löfgren0.5 (1971-08-17)17 August 1971 (aged 45)Nacka HIUpplands Väsby
Mikael Norlin2.5 (1974-02-20)20 February 1974 (aged 42)Malmö FIFHMalmö
Loa Rissmar3.0 (1963-05-09)9 May 1963 (aged 53)Nacka HI
Tobias Sandberg3.5 (1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 32)Malmö FIFHLidingö
Lars Varnerud1.5 (1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 33)Köping Hillbillies
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 165 142 +23 6 Semi-finals
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 163 155 +8 4
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 145 151 6 2 Fifth place Match
4  France 3 0 0 3 141 166 25 0 Seventh place Match
Source: Rio2016
Japan 50–46 Sweden
Report
Referee: Mitch Carr, Darren Roberts

Sweden 44–54 United States
Report
Referee: Alexander Schriener, Lukasz Symczak

France 47–55 Sweden
Report
Referee: Mitch Carr, Jean Choiniere

Fifth place Match
Great Britain 56–42 Sweden
Report
Referee: Lukasz Symczak

Wheelchair tennis

Stefan Olsson and Dan Wallin have been selected by Sweden's Paralympic Committee.[20] Stefan Olsson qualified via the standard qualification route, while Dan Wallin qualified via a Doubles World Ranking Allocation place.[21]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Stefan Olsson Men's singles Bye  Weekes (AUS)
W 6–0, 6–3
 Sanada (JPN)
W 6–2, 7–6
 Hewett (GBR)
L 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Did not advance
Dan Wallin  Denayer (BEL)
W 6–2, 6–2
 Reid (GBR)
L 1–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Stefan Olsson
Dan Wallin
Men's doubles N/A  Baldwin /
Rydberg (USA)
W 6–3, 6–2
 Cattaneo /
Jeremiasz (FRA)
L 3–6, 1–6
Did not advance

See also

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