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competed at the

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, from 18 October to 29 October 2000.

Medalists

Competitors

261000 - Wheelchair rugby George Hucks action - 3b - 2000 Sydney match photo

At the 200 Paralympic Games Sweden sent 88 athletes competing for medals in 17 disciplines.

Archery

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* Siv Thulin

Athletics

* Thomas Brandhild (F37 Discus, Shot put) * Magnus Bärtfors (T20 1500m) * Sofia Dettmann (T54 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m) *

Håkan Ericsson Håkan Ericsson is a Sweden, Swedish Paralympics, Paralympian and wheelchair racer. At the age of 21, Ericsson won the 1990 London Marathon, barely edging out Germany, German athlete Wolfgang Peterson to set a new course record. Ericsson competed ...

(T54, 100m, 200m, 400m) * Klas Ersson (F20 High jump) * Viktor Göransson (F42 Long jump, F42 100m) *

Tim Johansson Tim Johansson is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden competing mainly in category T51 wheel chair racing events. Johansson has competed in four Paralympics, winning medals in three of them. His first games were in 1992 where despite comp ...

(T51 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m) * Christer Lenander (T38 100m, 200m) * Andreas Nordin (F13 Discus, Shot put, Javelin) * Kasper Nordlinder (T37 1500m, 5000m) * Madelene Nordlund (T53 200m, 400m, 800m, 5000m, marathon) * Hakan Sahlberg (F20 Javelin, Shot put) * Per Vesterlund (T52 800m, 1500m, 5000m) * Emil Oestberg (T13 5000m)

Equestrian

* Kerstin Englund * Ida Gustafsson * Helena Hagberg * Ida Landahl * Sahra Rydh

Goalball

Men

* Jimmy Björkstrand * Niklas Hultqvist * Torsten Karlsson * Boris Samuelsson *

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* Niklas Wetterström

Women

* Helena Gustavsson *

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* Josefine Jälmestål * Anna Nilsson * Lena Saarensalo * Sarah Winberg

Powerlifting

* Jonas Celin (men's 56 kg)

Sailing

* Carl-Gustaf Fresk (sonar) *

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(sonar) * Jan-Olof Edbom (sonar) * Lars Löfström (sonar) * Claes Hultling (2.4 mR)

Shooting

* Jonas Jacobsson *

Thomas Johansson Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 2002. His career highlights i ...

* Anders Lundvall * Kenneth Pettersson * Björn Samuelsson

Swimming

* Karin Bergek * Daniel Bergström * Sandra Erikson * Stefan Larsson *

David Lega Michael David Alexander Lega (born 12 October 1973) is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats, and a former paralympic swimmer who beat 14 world records during his career. He is a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, and serves ...

* Nora Prochazka * Alex Racoveanu * Simon Åhlstad

Table tennis

* Fredrik Andersson * Magnus Andrée *

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Ernst Bolldén Ernst Olov Bolldén (28 September 1966 – 30 April 2012) was a Swedish wheelchair table tennis player. He represented Sweden at every Summer Paralympics from 1988 to 2004 and won medals for para table tennis. He was on the gold-winning Swedish ...

* Johnny Eriksson * Jan-Christer Gustavsson * Simon Itkonen *

Jörgen Johansson Jörgen Johansson (1947 – 13 June 2010) was a Swedish Centre Party politician, member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Sin ...

* Mattias Karlsson * Örjan Kylevik

Wheelchair basketball

* Enoch Ablorh * Lars-Gunnar Andersson *

Gunnar Berglund Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

* Daniel Flensburg * Joachim Gustavsson * Hussein Haidari * Per Jameson * Peter Kohlström * Per Uhlen * Christian Wapner * Stefan Wegeborn * Thomas Åkerberg

Wheelchair rugby

* Tomas Engblom * Thomas Eriksson * Magnus Gunnarsson * Ulf Josefsson * Per-Arne Kulle *

Kristoffer Lindberg Kristoffer Lindberg (born 1992) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Gävleborg County since September 2022. He had previously been a substitute ...

* Andreas Lundgren * Jan-Owe Mattsson * Jesper Nilsson * Magnus Olers * Loa Rissmar * Haci Sak

Wheelchair tennis

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* Peter Wikström