Jeffrey Ige
Swedish Paralympic athlete
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Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 41) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | (T20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Huddinge AIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Hans Almstrom (club) Magnus Olsson (national) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeffrey Ige (born 4 December 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden who competes in T20 classification shot put events.[1] Ige represented Sweden at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won the silver medal in the shot put. As well as Paralympic success, Ige has won both the World and European Championship titles in his sport, in 2011 and 2014 respectively.[2]