Sweden at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sweden will be competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, which will take place from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This will be their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960.

Sweden at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSWE
NPCSwedish Parasports Federation
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors19 in 7 sports
Summer Paralympics appearances

Archery

Sweden collected one quota place at the 2019 Para Archery World Championships held in Den Bosch, Netherlands.[1]

Athletics

Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Points Rank
Per Jonsson Men's long jump T13

Cycling

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

Equestrian

Sweden sent four athlete after qualified.[2]

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.[3]

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

Swimming

Two Swedish swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.[4][5]

Table tennis

Anna-Carin Ahlquist, Carl Ohgren, Emil Andersson & Ingela Lundbäck qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  3. "Cheongju 2018 Live Results". www.paralympic.org. 30 August 2018.
  4. "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  5. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
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