FORSBERG Jere

Date of Birth: 3 Mar 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: W2

Place of birth: KOTKA

Birth Country:

Finland

Place of residence : ESPOO

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Archery	Men's Individual Compound - Open	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yumenoshima Ranking Field	Men's Individual Compound - Open Ranking Round	Finished
	Yumenoshima Final Field	Men's Individual Compound - Open 1/16 Elimination #7 USA POLISH KPOLISH Kevin Sport Class: W2 143 FIN FORSBERG JFORSBERG Jere Sport Class: W2 145	Finished
	Yumenoshima Final Field	Men's Individual Compound - Open 1/8 Elimination #87 FIN FORSBERG JFORSBERG Jere Sport Class: W2 145 IRI MANSHAEZADEH AMANSHAEZADEH Alisina Sport Class: W2 143	Finished
	Yumenoshima Final Field	Men's Individual Compound - Open Quarterfinal #93 SVK PAVLIK MPAVLIK Marcel Sport Class: W2 144 FIN FORSBERG JFORSBERG Jere Sport Class: W2 141	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Individual Compound - Open	2012	London, GBR
9	Individual Compound - Open	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
2	Individual Compound - Open	2013	Bangkok, THA
6	Team Compound - Open	2013	Bangkok, THA
9	Individual Compound - Open	2017	Beijing, CHN
9	Individual Compound - Open	2015	Donaueschingen, GER
17	Individual Compound - Open	2019	's-Hertogenbosch, NED
European Championships
6	Individual Compound - Open	2018	Plzen, CZE

Fobba (Athlete, 14 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Law - Tallinn University, Helsinki, FIN

Languages spoken:

English, Finnish

Keijo Kallunki [personal], FIN, from 2011

Other sports:

He has represented Finland in able-bodied archery and competed at the world championships in both 2013 and 2015. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Mar 2020)

2011 for Finland, in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain (Athlete, 14 Jul 2016)

He began the sport in 2002 at age eight in Kotka, Finland. (Athlete, 14 Jul 2016)

"At the time, the movie 'Lord of the Rings' had just come out. The archer Legolas was my favourite character. In that sense, the movie influenced my choice of sport." (yle.fi, 04 Jan 2020)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Outside of sport, he wants to pursue a career as a lawyer. (yle.fi, 04 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." (Athlete, 14 Jul 2016)

General Interest

Classification
Open (worldarchery.org, 04 Mar 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 14 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 14 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
He has paraplegia as the result of a car accident in 1997. (yle.fi, 04 Jan 2020; Athlete, 14 Jul 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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