Karl Forsman
Danish Paralympic swimmer
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Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-12-07) 7 December 1996 (age 27) Östersund, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Paralympic finals | Rio 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Karl Forsman (born 7 December 1996 in Östersund, Sweden) is a Swedish male swimmer, competing at the S5 and S6 classes, and current Paralympic Champion of the men's 100 m breaststroke (SB5).[1]
With a silver medal from the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Forsman qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Forsman won a gold medal when swimming the men's 100 m breaststroke (SB5) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with the time 1:34:27.[1]
References
- ^ a b Petter Landén (11 September 2016). "Karl Forsman tog guld på 100 meter bröstsim". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2016.
External links
- Profile at paralympics.se (in Swedish)