The Sports Gala for 2008 is over, and looking back it's been an amazing year for Paralympians and disabled sport. Surely, before we were a few athletes who had won respect for our achievements, but this year all of our sport were acknowledged as an elite sport. In the vote for Jerringpriset, the people's award, …
Vote here for Sweden’s most popular athlete of 2008
I am a bit curious about who will win "Jerringpriset" tomorrow on the Swedish Sports Gala. Therefore, I created a poll here on my blog. Please click on who you think ought to receive the award!
Outstanding achievement (Bragd) by Jacobsson
It is an important day for Paralympians, but I believe that it is a large step for all of Sweden. To select a disabled athlete to have done the outstanding achievement of 2008 in sports, is to write history. Because that means saying, not that we treat sports for disabled equal, but that we value …
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Jacobsson is a worthy winner
And the winner is Jonas Jacobsson! One of the most prestigious awards in Sweden goes to a Paralympic athlete for the first time. I am haapy and proud to have been a part of this process and I will write a longer text as soon as I get back home tonight! /David
Bragdguldet – Swedish Sport Achievement of 2008
Who will get it? Tomorrow, I will leave for Stockholm with the 6 o'clock train to sit down with the rest of the jury to decide who will receive one of the finest awards that a Swedish athlete can receive. And for the first time ever, there are two Paralympic candidates out of the ten …
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