Gunilla Wallengren | |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
Disability: | Spina bifida |
Disability Class: | T54 |
Event: | 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres |
Club: | Bohus Friidrott |
Coach: | Ingela Nilsson |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1979 |
Birth Place: | Halanda, Sweden |
Hometown: | Vanersborg, Sweden |
Residence: | Alvangen, Sweden |
Gunilla Wallengren (born 2 May 1979) is a Swedish Paralympic athlete who competes in middle-distance events in international level events.
At the age of six, she joined Drivringen, a newly started club in her home town of Trollhättan.
She has won the Great North Run four times.[1] [2] [3]
At the 5000m race held at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Wallengren was involved in a mass crash involving six participants,[4] losing consciousness for several minutes. She recovered and set her sights on the 2012 Paralympics in London. Her results there was a 8th place at 400m and 9th place at 1500m.[5] [6]