Ronny Persson | |
Gender: | male |
Birth Date: | 11 August 1966 |
Birth Place: | Kramfors, Sweden |
Curling Club: | Härnösands CK, Härnösand |
World Wheelchair Championship Appearances: | 2 |
Paralympic Appearances: | 2 (2018, 2022) |
Bo Ronny Michael Persson[1] (born 11 August 1966) is a Swedish para alpine skier and wheelchair curler.
As a para-alpine skier (LW10 class: sitting, paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance) he participated at the 1998 Winter Paralympics (won a bronze medal in downhill) and at the 2002 Winter Paralympics (won three silver medals - in slalom, giant slalom and super-G - and a bronze medal in downhill).
Before the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the idea was that Ronny would end his alpine career by winning a Paralympic gold, which he did at most of the World Cups. But an injury that led to a serious infection and sepsis put an end to these plans.
After some years without sport, he started wheelchair curling at 2013.[2]
As a wheelchair curler he participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics where Swedish team finished on tenth place.
He was a Swedish flag bearer at the 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony.[3]
In 2004 he had a nomination for the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with Disability Award.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2013–14 | Ronny Persson | SWhCC 2014 [4] | |||||
2014–15 | Patrik Kallin | Ronny Persson | Anette Wilhelm | SWhCC 2015 [5] | |||
Jalle Jungnell | Patrik Kallin | Ronny Persson | Kristina Ulander | (9th) | |||
2015–16 | Patrik Kallin | Kristina Ulander | Ronny Persson | Zandra Reppe | Gert Erlandsson | Mia Boman | |
Ronny Persson (fourth) | Patrik Kallin (skip) | Kristina Ulander | Gert Erlandsson | SWhCC 2016 [6] | |||
2016–17 | Patrik Kallin | Ronny Persson | Kristina Ulander | Zandra Reppe | Mia Boman | WWhCC-B 2016 (7th) | |
Patrik Kallin | Kristina Ulander | Ronny Persson | Gert Erlandsson | SWhCC 2017 [7] | |||
2017–18 | Viljo Petersson-Dahl | Ronny Persson | Kristina Ulander | Zandra Reppe | Peter Narup, Mia Boman | WPG 2018 (10th) | |
2019–20 | Kristina Ulander | Ronny Persson | Marcus Holm | Zandra Reppe | SWhCC 2020 [8] | ||
Viljo Petersson-Dahl | Mats-Ola Engborg | Ronny Persson | Kristina Ulander | Zandra Reppe | WWhCC-B 2019 |