Jón Margeir Sverrisson (born 22 November 1992) is a
Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...
swimmer from
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
,
competing in the
S14 disability category in freestyle and breaststroke. He represented Iceland at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Sum ...
in London, winning the gold medal in the
Men's 200m freestyle (S14).
References
1992 births
Living people
Jon Margeir Sverrisson
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given". The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes.
Notable people
* Jon Aaraas (born 1986 ...
Jon Margeir Sverrisson
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given". The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes.
Notable people
* Jon Aaraas (born 1986 ...
Jon Margeir Sverrisson
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given". The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes.
Notable people
* Jon Aaraas (born 1986 ...
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Jon Margeir Sverrisson
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given". The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes.
Notable people
* Jon Aaraas (born 1986 ...
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Jon Margeir Sverrisson
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given". The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes.
Notable people
* Jon Aaraas (born 1986 ...
S14-classified para swimmers
Paralympic medalists in swimming
21st-century Icelandic sportsmen
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