Zebastian Tintin Modin (born June 20, 1994) is a
Swedish cross-country skier,
biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...
, and
Paralympian
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. He competed in
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B1 (visual impairment) events.
Career
He competed in
biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...
and
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ...
at the
2010
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,
2014
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and the
2018
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Winter Paralympics, winning four medals. His first medal was the bronze medal at the
men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired. His
sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.
Sports Paralympic Games
At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.
Rules are according to the International ...
at the 2010 and 2014 Paralympic Games was
Albin Ackerot. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics his sighted guides were
Johannes Andersson
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and
Robin Bryntesson.
Zebastian Modin came in 9th place at the
men's 10 km and 11th at the
men's 20 km, visually impaired.

.
References
External links
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Everyday Heroes – Zebastian Modin: the youngest athlete of the Gameson ParalympicSport.TV's official YouTube site
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1994 births
Living people
Swedish male cross-country skiers
Swedish male biathletes
Paralympic biathletes for Sweden
Paralympic cross-country skiers for Sweden
Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden
Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
2010 Winter Paralympians of Sweden
2014 Winter Paralympians of Sweden
2018 Winter Paralympians of Sweden
21st-century Swedish people