Tomas Leandersson (11 April 1966 – 2 November 2021) was a Swedish

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Biography

Leandersson was from

Degerfors Degerfors () is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010. Degerfors is the sixth-largest city in Örebro County. It is located at the southern shore of lake Möckeln, 13 km (8 mi) so ...

, Sweden. Leandersson was a member of Team Sweden for over ten years, and was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the 1990 Nordic Bowling Championships. His team also won the 1994 World Tenpin Team Cup and the 1999

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WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships The World Tenpin Bowling Championships is a global event that invites all countries that are members of International Bowling Federation to participate. Event details and history The first World Championships was in 1954, held in Helsinki wher ...

. Individual records and awards include the following: * Winner of men's singles at the 1993

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and the 1999 European Championships * Bronze medal, 1991 FIQ/WTBA World Championships Masters and 1999 All Events * World Bowling Writers World Bowler of the Year in 1993 * Won the Bowling World Cup in 2000 * Elected to the World Bowling Writers

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in 2000

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1966 births 2021 deaths Swedish ten-pin bowling players People from Degerfors Municipality Sportspeople from Örebro County World Games gold medalists for Sweden World Games medalists in bowling Medalists at the 1993 World Games {{Tenpin-bowling-bio-stub