Per Jonsson (born 10 February 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

who competes in F13 classification

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

events. Jonsson has represented Sweden at both the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

in Beijing and the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London, competing in the 100m sprint and the long jump. Jonsson has won both the World and European Championship titles in his sport, winning the long jump T13 World title in Doha in 2015.

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Living people 1988 births Paralympic athletes for Sweden Sportspeople from Trollhättan Athletes from Västra Götaland County Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Swedish male long jumpers Swedish male sprinters Visually impaired long jumpers Visually impaired sprinters Paralympic long jumpers Paralympic sprinters 21st-century Swedish people {{Paralympics-stub