Who was the Swedish professional athlete on the Gambia Team?
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The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gambia took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China from 8 to 24 August 2008. It was Gambia's seventh appearance in the summer Olympics since its debut in 1984. The Gambia team included three athletes; runners Suwaibou Sanneh and Fatou Tiyana as well as boxer Badou Jack. Jack, a middleweight at his first Olympics, was selected as flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. None of the Gambia athletes progressed further than the qualifying heats.
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Badou Jack Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack (born 31 October 1983) is a Swedish professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC super middleweight title from 2015 to 2017 and the WBA light heavyweight title in 2017. As an amateur he represented The Gambia at the 2008 Olympics, reaching the first round of the middleweight bracket.
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Niklas Andersson Niklas Per Andersson (born 20 May 1971) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey left winger. In his career, he spent time with several National Hockey League (NHL) teams as well as various minor professional teams in North America, but mostly played for Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien.
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Göran Karlsson Göran Karlsson (born 10 July 1963) is a Swedish former ice sledge hockey player. He won medals for Sweden at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, 1998 Winter Paralympics and 2002 Winter Paralympics. He also played in the 2006 Winter Paralympics.
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Paul Jatta Paul Jatta (born 21 February 1991) is a Gambian footballer who is a midfielder currently playing for FC Fyn in the Danish League 1.
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Jonas Holm Jonas Holm is a Swedish former footballer.
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Noah Sonko Sundberg Noah Sonko Sundberg (born 6 June 1996) is a Swedish footballer, of partly Gambian descent, who plays as a defender for AIK.
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Knut Stenborg Knut Stenborg (March 25, 1890 in Hjo – October 10, 1946 in Vänersbrog) was a Swedish athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
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Bror Modigh Bror Oscar Anders Modigh (February 10, 1891 – February 22, 1956) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Carl Hårleman (gymnast) Carl Hårleman (23 June 1886 – 20 August 1948) was a Swedish gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he was part of the Swedish gymnastics team that won the all-around gold medal. Four years later he finished twelfth in the pole vault competition.
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Bertil Ohlson Bertil Ohlson ("Bertil Gustaf Emanuel Ohlson" January 22, 1899 – September 6, 1970) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the men's decathlon.
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Per Jonsson (athletics) Per Jonsson (born 10 February 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden who competes in F13 classification track and field events. Jonsson has represented Sweden at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, competing in the 100m sprint and the long jump. Jonsson has won both the World and European Championship titles in his sport, winning the long jump T13 World title in Doha in 2015.
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Sofia Larsson Sofia Larsson (born 22 July 1988) is Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2009 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Early in her career she competed in the 100 metres hurdles.
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Hans-Olof Johansson Hans-Olof Harald Johansson (born 18 March 1936) is a retired Swedish sprinter. He competed in the 4×400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1962 European Athletics Championships and finished fourth in 1962. He won the national 400 m title in 1961, and set a new national record in this event, in a semifinal of the 1962 European Championships.
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Erik Uddebom Erik "Myggan" Uddebom (born 5 July 1934) is a retired Swedish athlete. He competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics with the best result of sixth place in the shot put in 1956. He set 11 national shot put record and was the first Swede to break the 17 meter barrier in this event.
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Isabellah Andersson Isabellah Andersson (born "Isabellah Moraa Amoro" on 12 November 1980 in Kenya ) is a Swedish - Kenyan distance runner. She resides in Vilshult in Sweden, and since May 2009 is a Swedish citizen. She competes for the club Hässelby SK.
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Jan Norbäck Jan Norbäck (born 6 March 1956) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
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Gustaf Nordén Gustaf Nordén (October 23, 1884 – December 14, 1947) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Janne Andersson Jan Olof "Janne" Andersson (] ; born 29 September 1962 in Halmstad), is a Swedish football coach. He is manager of the Sweden national team.
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Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 January 1984) is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds Norwegian records in the 100 and holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in the 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest person to race for Europe of all times on the two distances. He has a bronze medal from the African Championships and several top-three placings in IAAF Golden League meets and the IAAF World Athletics Final.
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Ola Jonsson Ola Jonsson (born 3 November 1966, in Stockholm, Sweden), is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won two doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional two times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 90 in 1991.
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Buba Badjie Buba Badjie is a Gambian–Swedish veterinarian and entrepreneur born 1967 in the village of Jambanjelli, the Gambia.