Zebastian Modin
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Zebastian Tintin Modin (born June 20, 1994) is a
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cross-country skier,
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, and
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. He competed in
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B1 (visual impairment) events.


Career

He competed in
biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...
and
cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
at the
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,
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and the
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Winter Paralympics, winning four medals. His first medal was the bronze medal at the men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired. His
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at the 2010 and 2014 Paralympic Games was
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. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics his sighted guides were Johannes Andersson and
Robin Bryntesson Kjell Magnus Robin Bryntesson (born 17 October 1985 in Rossön, Ångermanland) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2003. His only World Cup victory took place at Whistler Olympic Park in the team sprint event on 17 Janu ...
. Zebastian Modin came in 9th place at the men's 10 km and 11th at the men's 20 km, visually impaired. .


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Everyday Heroes – Zebastian Modin: the youngest athlete of the Games
on ParalympicSport.TV's official YouTube site {{DEFAULTSORT:Modin, Zebastian 1994 births Living people Swedish male cross-country skiers Swedish male biathletes Paralympic biathletes for Sweden Paralympic cross-country skiers for Sweden Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics 2010 Winter Paralympians of Sweden 2014 Winter Paralympians of Sweden 2018 Winter Paralympians of Sweden 21st-century Swedish people