Jonas Jacobsson

Jonas Jacobsson (born 22 June 1965) is a Swedish sport shooter who has won several gold medals at the Paralympic Games. He participated in ten consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1980 to 2016, winning a total of seventeen gold, four silver, and nine bronze medals.^[1] In 1996, he won two gold medals in the air rifle 3×40 and English match events and a bronze in the air rifle prone at the Atlanta Paralympics. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, he took two gold medals in the free rifle 3×40 and free rifle prone events and two bronzes in air rifle standing and air rifle prone events. Four years later, at the Athens Games, he competed in the same four events and won the gold medal in all of them.

Jonas Jacobsson

Personal information
Nationality	Sweden
Born	(1965-06-22) 22 June 1965 (age 59) Norrköping, Sweden
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Disability class	SH1, SH2
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 17 4 9 Shooting para sport Representing  Sweden Paralympic Games 1980 Arnhem Mixed air rifle standing 2-5 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle standing team 1A-6 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle prone team 2-6 1992 Barcelona Men's air rifle standing SH2 1992 Barcelona Mixed Olympic Match SH2 1996 Atlanta Men's air rifle 3×40 SH1 1996 Atlanta Mixed English match SH1 2000 Sydney Men's free rifle 3×40 SH1 2000 Sydney Mixed free rifle prone SH1 2004 Athens Mixed air rifle prone SH1 2004 Athens Men's air rifle standing SH1 2004 Athens Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1 2004 Athens Mixed free rifle prone SH1 2008 Beijing Men's air rifle standing SH1 2008 Beijing Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1 2008 Beijing Mixed free rifle prone SH1 2012 London Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle 3 positions team 1A-6 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle kneeling team 1A-6 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle standing 2-6 2012 London Men's air rifle standing SH1 1980 Arnhem Mixed air rifle 3 positions 2-5 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle 3 positions 2-6 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle prone team 1A-6 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle 3 positions team 2-6 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle standing team 2-6 1992 Barcelona Mixed air rifle 3×40 SH2 1996 Atlanta Mixed air rifle prone SH1 2000 Sydney Mixed air rifle prone SH1 2000 Sydney Men's air rifle standing SH1

On 10 September 2008 Jacobsson won his 16th gold medal in the Paralympic Games making him the best performing male Paralympics contestant so far. Later that year, he became the first athlete with a physical disability to receive the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal,^[2] Sweden's most significant sports award.

See also

• Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games

References

1. "Sweden's Jacobsson shoots way to 17th Paralympic gold". The Local Sweden. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. "Bragdguldet till Jonas Jacobsson" [The Feat Gold to Jonas Jacobsson] (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

External links

• Jonas Jacobsson at the International Paralympic Committee
• Jonas Jacobsson at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Anja Pärson	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 2008	Succeeded by Helena Jonsson