Ernst Olov Bolldén (28 September 1966 – 30 April 2012) was a Swedish wheelchair table tennis player. He represented Sweden at every Summer Paralympics from 1988 to 2004 and won medals for para table tennis. He was on the gold-winning Swedish team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics and won a bronze in men's singles at that same Games.Para Table Tennis profile He won another bronze in the men's team event at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
Bolldén was born in Njutånger, Sweden. He had a twin brother and two older brothers.Sveriges Befolkning 1970 (Swedish Census 1970). Bolldén became paralysed from the waist and down in a schoolyard accident in Iggesund in 1979.
In July 2011, he was diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer. Bolldén died on 30 April 2012. He was 45.
Career records Olympic Games 1996: Olympic gold in team wheelchair 1996: OS bronze in single wheelchair 2000: OS bronze in team wheelchair
World Championship 1986: World Cup silver in single wheelchair 1986: World Cup silver in team wheelchair 1990: World Cup Gold in single wheelchair 1990: World Cup Bronze in Team Wheelchair 1998: World Cup silver in team wheelchair 1998: World Cup bronze in single wheelchair 2002: WM-silver in team wheelchair 2002: WM silver in single wheelchair 2006: WM gold in single wheelchair
European Championships 1991: Euro gold in single wheelchair 1995: Euro gold in single wheelchair 1995: EM-silver in layers of wheelchair 1997: Euro gold in single wheelchair 1999: EM bronze in open wheelchair class 2003: EM bronze in single wheelchair 2003: EM bronze in team wheelchair 2009: EM bronze in single wheelchair 2009: EM-silver in layers of wheelchair
Other credits Nominated for the award for the year's athletes with disabilities to the Swedish Athletics 2007. 2006: Elected best player or World Championships in wheelchair men category.
References
External links Ernst Bolldén's official site