Johan Petersson
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Pär Johan Petersson (born March 29, 1973) is a Swedish
handball
player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
and in the 2000 Summer Olympics
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He was born in Karlshamn
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In 1996 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored 13 goals.
Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again. He played four matches and scored 16 goals.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
and in the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
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He was born in Karlshamn
Karlshamn
Karlshamn is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 12,957 inhabitants of the city core and 30 918 in the municipality ....
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In 1996 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored 13 goals.
Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again. He played four matches and scored 16 goals.