Rasmus Lundgren

Swimming. (Team Sweden Sledge Hockey Facebook page, 07 Mar 2015)

Competing at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2014)

His family. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2014)

Swedish ice hockey player Nicklas Lidstrom. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2014)

"Clarify goals for yourself and practise to reach them. Be a good team player. Players that are willing to put time in training will succeed, and most of all it's important to do everything that it takes to become the best." (handikappidrott.se, 2013)

At age 14 he was the youngest athlete to compete at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Turin. (ystadsallehanda.se, 21 Feb 2009; SportsDeskOnline, 19 Mar 2006)

His father Jorgen coached the Sweden national Para ice hockey team at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (lokaltidningen.se, 24 Feb 2015; gettyimages.com, 09 Mar 2014)

He was born with spina bifida, and is paralysed from the waist down. (Facebook page, 27 Aug 2017; Athlete, 09 Mar 2014)

CONSIDERING RETIREMENT
In 2017 he revealed he had though about retiring from the sport. He made his international debut for Sweden in 2005, and was the youngest athlete from any nation to compete at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Turin. "It's not easy to stay motivated every day for so many years. I have come to a point where I feel I want to try to be more involved in social life. That's something I've chosen to neglect in all these years because the hockey has gone first. Now, honestly, I do not know what comes first. Hockey has meant a lot to me. It has also characterised my life ever since I started at the age of seven. Even though I might not go on, it will always be a big part of me and who I've been. If I continue, I will continue. I take it one year at a time." (skurupsposten.se, 26 Oct 2017)