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JIMMY BJÖRKSTRAND
Facts
Name: Jimmy Björkstrand
Born: 4 May 1979 in Malmoe, Sweden
Work: Teacher
Interests: Sports, music and spending time with friends
Club: FIFH Mighty Ducks, from Malmoe in Sweden
Started to play goalball: 1993
Club games played: 438
In the national team since: 1995
Major achievements
One IBSA World Championships gold medal (Rio 2002)
One IBSA World Championships silver medal (Spartanburg 2006)
One Paralympic Games silver medal (Athens 2004)
One Paralympic Games bronze medal (Sydney 2000)
Two IBSA European Championships bronze medals (Stockholm 1997, England 1999)
Three victories at the Venice International club tournament.
Six-time Swedish national champion – gold medal since 2000
Jimmy start to play goalball in 1993 because his brother was playing before. Before he began playing goalball he played fotball, ice hockey and tennis. He thinks that the most interesting thing about goalball is the fact that it is a team sport where you win and lose together. He is very happy to have been given the opportunity to play with so many good players and enjoy working with so many good trainers and coaches. He has never thought of himself as a star because he thinks that it’s the team who must play the game to achieve victory.
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