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Åhlstad, Simon
1972-
Indian-Swedish athlete
Åhlstad was born in India and adopted by a Swedish family in 1974. He suffered from polio as a child but has become a champion swimmer. In the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics he won the 200 meter medley and 200 meter breast-stroke; in 1996 at Atlanta he won the 200 meter medley again; in 1995 he won the European Mastership Games 200 meter medley. By profession he is an economist.advertisement
References
Projektkompetens AB. "Personalia." [Includes portrait]. Available at: http://www.projektkompetens.se/pres02.htm#SAPersonal information
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