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Born | Halanda, Sweden | 2 May 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Vanersborg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spina bifida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) |
400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bohus Friidrott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ingela Nilsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gunilla Wallengren (born 2 May 1979) is a Swedish Paralympic athlete who competes in middle-distance events in international level events.
At the age of six, she joined Drivringen, a newly started club in her home town of Trollhättan. [1]
She has won the Great North Run four times. [2] [3] [4]
At the 5000m race held at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Wallengren was involved in a mass crash involving six participants, [5] losing consciousness for several minutes. She recovered and set her sights on the 2012 Paralympics in London. Her results there was a 8th place at 400m and 9th place at 1500m. [1] [6]