Emil Andersson (born 29 April 1993) is a

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male

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parasportist competing at singles (class 8) and team events (class 6-8). Andersson participated at the

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, where he won a bronze medal at the men's singles class 8. Andersson and

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won a silver medal at the

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, playing against the Ukrainian team at the men's team class 6-8 finals.

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1993 births Living people Paralympic table tennis players of Sweden Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden Paralympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics {{Sweden-tabletennis-bio-stub