Emil Andersson (born 29 April 1993) is a

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parasportist competing at singles (class 8) and team events (class 6-8). Andersson participated at the

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, where he won a bronze medal at the men's singles class 8. Andersson and Linus Karlsson won a silver medal at the

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, playing against the Ukrainian team at the men's team class 6-8 finals. At the

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in Paris, Andersson finished 5th in the men's singles MS8 event and 5th in the men's doubles MD18 event.
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at '' Handikappidrott.se'' (archived) 1993 births Living people Swedish male table tennis players Paralympic table tennis players for Sweden Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden Paralympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Swedish sportsmen People from Arboga Municipality {{Sweden-tabletennis-bio-stub