Ernst Bolldén Explained
| Ernst Bolldén |
| Full Name: | Ernst Olov Bolldén |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Njutånger, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Sweden |
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Ernst Olov Bolldén (28 September 1966[1] – 30 April 2012) was a Swedish wheelchair table tennis player.[2] 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 team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics and won a bronze in men's singles at that same Games.[3] He won another bronze in the men's team event at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
Bolldén was born in Njutånger, Sweden. He had a twin brother and two older brothers.[4] Bolldén became paralysed from the waist and down in a schoolyard accident in Iggesund in 1979.[5]
In July 2011, he was diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer. Bolldén died on 30 April 2012.[5] He was 45.
Career records
Olympic Games
- 1996: Olympic gold in team wheelchair
- 1996: OS bronze in single wheelchair
- 2000: OS bronze in team wheelchair
World Championship
- 1986: World Cup silver in single wheelchair
- 1986: World Cup silver in team wheelchair
- 1990: World Cup Gold in single wheelchair
- 1990: World Cup Bronze in Team Wheelchair
- 1998: World Cup silver in team wheelchair
- 1998: World Cup bronze in single wheelchair
- 2002: WM-silver in team wheelchair
- 2002: WM silver in single wheelchair
- 2006: WM gold in single wheelchair
European Championships
- 1991: Euro gold in single wheelchair
- 1995: Euro gold in single wheelchair
- 1995: EM-silver in layers of wheelchair
- 1997: Euro gold in single wheelchair
- 1999: EM bronze in open wheelchair class
- 2003: EM bronze in single wheelchair
- 2003: EM bronze in team wheelchair
- 2009: EM bronze in single wheelchair
- 2009: EM-silver in layers of wheelchair
Other credits
- Nominated for the award for the year's athletes with disabilities to the Swedish Athletics 2007.[6]
- 2006: Elected best player or World Championships in wheelchair men category.
References
- Web site: Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book . ipc-services.org . . 19 September 2004.
- News: Ernst Bolldén död. Aftonbladet. 23 September 2017.
- http://www.ipttc.org/players/men/ernst_bollden/index.htm Para Table Tennis profile
- Sveriges Befolkning 1970 (Swedish Census 1970).
- Web site: Ernst Bolldén är död - Regionala nyheter | SVT.se . svt.se . 6 June 2022 . https://archive.today/20120604053020/http://svt.se/2.126217/1.2789604/ernst_bollden_ar_dod . 4 June 2012 . dead.
- Web site: Winner for this year.
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