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Andreas Skår Bjørnstad

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Andreas Skår Bjørnstad
Bjørnstad in 2016
Personal information
Born (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 27)[1][2]
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS7
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Norway
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S7
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow 400 m freestyle S7
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 400 m freestyle S7
Silver medal – second place 2018 Dublin 100 m breaststroke SB6
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Dublin 400 m freestyle S7

Andreas Skår Bjørnstad (born 14 April 1997),[1] also written as Andreas Skaar Bjornstad,[2] is a Norwegian Paralympic swimmer with cerebral palsy.[3]

He represented Norway at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres freestyle S7 event.[3] He qualified to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Andreas Skar Bjørnstad". teamnor.no. Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Andreas Skaar Bjornstad". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Andreas Skaar Bjornstad". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Ett år til Paralympics i Tokyo: Dette er de største norske medaljehåpene". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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