Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

5	3	4th

Sweden assumed the 64 athletes 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Anders Olson , the most successful athlete in the team of the marksman Jonas Jacobsson with three gold medals.

Participants by sport

Archery

Women

• Ann-Christin Nilsson
• Zandra Reppe

Men

• Not Grönberg
• Håkan Törnström

Goalball

Women	Men (bronze )
Åsa Alverstedt Malin Gustavsson Josefine Jälmestal Maria Juliusson Sofia Naesström Anna Nilsson	Mikael Åkerberg Jimmy Bjorkstrand Stefan Gahne Niklas Hultqvist Oskar Kuus Fatmir Seremeti

Judo

Women

• Elvira Kivi
• Nicolina Pernheim

athletics

Women

• Nathalie Nilsson
• Madelene Nordlund
• Gunilla Wallengren

Men

• Aron Andersson
• Per Jonsson
• Henrik Rüffel

horse riding

Women

• Lotten Aronsson
• Gabriella Löf
• Carolin Rutberg

Wheelchair basketball

Men
Enoch Ablorh Thomas Åkerberg Per Byqvist Joachim Gustavsson Hussein Haidari Peter Kohlström Niclas Larsson Thomas Larsson Joakim Linden Robin Meng Patrik Nylander Dan Wallin

Wheelchair tennis

Men

• Johan Andersson , 1 × (single open, quadriplegic )
• Christer Jansson
• Stefan Olsson *
• Peter Wikström *

| * Double competitions

Men doubles (silver )
Stefan Olsson Peter Wikström

shoot

Women

• Lotta Helsinger
• Viktoria Wedin , 1 × (10 meter air rifle prone, class SH2)

Men

• Håkan Gustafsson
• Jonas Jacobsson , 3 × (10 meters air rifle standing, 50 meters free rifle + 50 meters free rifle prone; class SH1)
• Kenneth Pettersson

swim

Women

• Jennie Ekström
• Lalita Loureiro
• Louise Watkin

Men

• Christopher Lindhe
• Anders Olsson , 2 × (100 meters + 400 meters freestyle, class S6), 1 × (50 meters freestyle, class S6)

sailing

Women

• Brigitta Jacobsson Nile

Men

• Carl-Gustaf fresco

Table tennis

Women

• Josefin Abrahamsson , 1 × (individual, grade 8)
• Anna-Carin Ahlqvist
• Marleen Bengtsson Kovacs
• Ingela Lundbäck

Men

• Frederik Andersson , 1 × (individual, grade 9/10)
• Ernst Bollden
• Simon Itkonen
• Linus Karlsson
• Örjan Kylevik

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )