Ernst Bolldén
Ernst Olov Bolldén 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. 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. 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.