Sweden at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sweden at the Paralympic Games
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Competitors	38 in 9 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Sweden is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Administration

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

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

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. 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.

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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. Further quota places may be won in the future.

• Men's events – Anders Bäckman
• Women's events – one quota place

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

• Mixed grade III – Louise Etzner Jakobsson

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The men's national team qualified after finishing in third place at the 2015 IBSA World Games in Seoul.

• Men's tournament – one team of 6 players

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sweden has qualified one judoka for the Games.

• Women's -63 kg – Nicolina Pernheim

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.

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. Hakan 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.

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.

• Men's rifle SH1 – Martin Häll, Jonas Jacobsson,
• Men's rifle SH2 – Philip Jönsson, Joachim Norberg

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

• Men's class S3 – Mikael Fredriksson
• Men's class S10 – Ludvig Nylén
• Men's events – Karl Forsman
• Women's class S10 – Lina Watz
• Women's events S11 – Maja Reichard
• Women's class S14 – Pernilla Lindberg

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

• Men's class 3 – Victor Sjöqvist, Alexander Öhgren
• Men's class 8 – Emil Andersson, Linus Karlsson
• Women's class 3 – Anna-Carin Ahlquist
• Women's class 5 – Ingela Lundbäck

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

• Team competition – one team of 12 players

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

• Men's singles – Stefan Olsson

See also

• Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics