Ernst Olov Bolldén (28 September 1966 – 30 April 2012) was a

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wheelchair

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player. He represented Sweden at every

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from

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and won medals for para table tennis. He was on the gold-winning Swedish team at the

1996 Atlanta Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

and won a bronze in men's singles at that same Games. He won another bronze in the men's team event at the

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. Bolldén was born in

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. He had a twin brother and two older brothers. Bolldén became paralysed from the waist and down in a schoolyard accident in

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in 1979. In July 2011, he was diagnosed with invasive

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. Bolldén died on 30 April 2012. He was 45.

Career records

Olympic Games

*1996: Olympic gold in team wheelchair *1996: OS bronze in single wheelchair *2000: OS bronze in team wheelchair

World Championship

*1986: World Cup silver in single wheelchair *1986: World Cup silver in team wheelchair *1990: World Cup Gold in single wheelchair *1990: World Cup Bronze in Team Wheelchair *1998: World Cup silver in team wheelchair *1998: World Cup bronze in single wheelchair *2002: WM-silver in team wheelchair *2002: WM silver in single wheelchair *2006: WM gold in single wheelchair

European Championships

*1991: Euro gold in single wheelchair *1995: Euro gold in single wheelchair *1995: EM-silver in layers of wheelchair *1997: Euro gold in single wheelchair *1999: EM bronze in open wheelchair class *2003: EM bronze in single wheelchair *2003: EM bronze in team wheelchair *2009: EM bronze in single wheelchair *2009: EM-silver in layers of wheelchair

Other credits

*Nominated for the award for the year's athletes with disabilities to the Swedish Athletics 2007. *2006: Elected best player or World Championships in wheelchair men category.

References

External links

Ernst Bolldén's official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bollden, Ernst 1966 births 2012 deaths Swedish male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players for Sweden Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in table tennis Paralympic gold medalists for Sweden Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden Deaths from cancer in Sweden Deaths from bladder cancer Swedish twins