Jonas Jacobsson

Jonas Jacobsson

Personal information
Nationality	Sweden
Born	22 Jun 1965 Norrköping, Sweden
Height	1.70 m
Weight	51 kg
Medal record Shooting (SH1, SH2) Paralympic Games Gold 1980 Arnhem Mixed air rifle standing 2-5 Gold 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle standing team 1A-6 Gold 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle prone team 2-6 Gold 1992 Barcelona Men's air rifle standing SH2 Gold 1992 Barcelona Mixed Olympic Match SH2 Gold 1996 Atlanta Men's air rifle 3×40 SH1 Gold 1996 Atlanta Mixed English match SH1 Gold 2000 Sydney Men's free rifle 3×40 SH1 Gold 2000 Sydney Mixed free rifle prone SH1 Gold 2004 Athens Mixed air rifle prone SH1 Gold 2004 Athens Men's air rifle standing SH1 Gold 2004 Athens Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1 Gold 2004 Athens Mixed free rifle prone SH1 Gold 2008 Beijing Men's air rifle standing SH1 Gold 2008 Beijing Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1 Gold 2008 Beijing Mixed free rifle prone SH1 Gold 2012 London Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1 Silver 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle 3 positions team 1A-6 Silver 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle kneeling team 1A-6 Silver 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle standing 2-6 Silver 2012 London Men's air rifle standing SH1 Bronze 1980 Arnhem Mixed air rifle 3 positions 2-5 Bronze 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle 3 positions 2-6 Bronze 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York Men's air rifle prone team 1A-6 Bronze 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle 3 positions team 2-6 Bronze 1988 Seoul Mixed air rifle standing team 2-6 Bronze 1992 Barcelona Mixed air rifle 3×40 SH2 Bronze 1996 Atlanta Mixed air rifle prone SH1 Bronze 2000 Sydney Mixed air rifle prone SH1 Bronze 2000 Sydney Men's air rifle standing SH1

Jonas Jacobsson (born June 22, 1965) is a Swedish sport shooter who has won several gold medals at the Paralympic Games. He has participated in nine consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1980 to 2012, winning a total of seventeen gold, two silver, and nine bronze medals. 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.

September 10, 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 physically disabled athlete to receive the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, Sweden's most significant sports award.

See also

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

External links

• Jonas Jacobsson's profile on paralympic.org

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