Mattias Eriksson
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Mattias Eriksson (born 17 November 1981 in
Sundsvall Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. Old town i ...
,
Medelpad Medelpad ( or ) is a historical province or ''landskap'' in the north of Sweden. It borders Hälsingland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Ångermanland and the Gulf of Bothnia. The province is a part of Norrland and as such considered to be Northe ...
) is a Swedish
archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...
. Eriksson competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, being placed 39th overall. Later Eriksson was a member of the 9th-place Swedish men's archery team. Previously he competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
, where he was placed 42nd.


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1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Sundsvall Swedish male archers Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Sweden 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-archery-bio-stub