Jeffrey Ige
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 4 December 1982
Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Sweden |
Sport | Track and field |
Disability class | (T20) |
Event | shot put |
Club | Huddinge AIS |
Coached by | Hans Almstrom (club) Magnus Olsson (national) |
Jeffrey Ige (born 4 December 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden who competes in T20 classification shot put events.[1] Ige represented Sweden at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won the silver medal in the shot put. As well as Paralympic success, Ige has won both the World and European Championship titles in his sport, in 2011 and 2014 respectively.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ige, Jeffrey". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Ige, Jeffrey". IPC. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
Categories:
- Paralympic athletes for Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Living people
- 1982 births
- Swedish male shot putters
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes from Stockholm
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Competitors in athletics with intellectual disability