At the General Assembly of the Swedish Parasport Federation on May 21, 2021, pool player Henrik Larsson was elected to the Swedish Parasport Hall of Fame, thanks to his great achievements within the billiard sport and community. Henrik is the 26th member of the Swedish Parasport Hall of Fame (PHoF).
49-year-old Henrik ”Henke” Larsson is a well-known profile within the billiards community, both in Sweden and abroad. Throughout his career he has won many big titles and is considered one of the greatest wheelchair players of all time. His talent, spirit and positive attitude has inspired a whole generation of new players to pick up a cue. Henrik is also known for his work as an ambassador for the sport, and for his contributions within the para community as an instructor and role model for the disabled.
The Swedish Parasport Hall of Fame aspire to honor persons who, through their achievements in sports and/or as leaders, have played a crucial role in developing the Swedish or international parasport. They also aim to create, preserve, and make accessible historic documentation about these people and their achievements for the rest of the world.
Members of the PHoF are elected every two years. To be qualified the nominee has to have considerable international merits in their sport, as well as being a pioneer within Swedish or international parasport. It is also mandatory that the nominee has displayed fair play and integrity, and serves as a role model for others. In our opinion, Henrik fills all of these criteria with ease.
Henrik Larsson｜© JP Parmentier/WPS 2017
Here is the motivation from the Swedish Parasport Federation:
“Henrik Larsson, billiards, is member number 26 in the Parasport Hall of Fame.
Henrik Larsson belongs to the world elite in billiards and has an impressive record of merits. His breakthrough came in 1993, when he won the first official European Championship for wheelchair billiards, and after that the successes have been piling up. In total he has won six world championships, twelve European championships and 20 national championships.
He was also nominated to the award ‘Disabled athlete of the year’ in 2018, at the biggest Swedish annual sports gala Idrottsgalan.
Henrik Larsson is a true role model, a great parasport athlete and a worthy member of the parasport Hall of Fame.”
Here you can find a link to the motivation (in Swedish):
https://www.parasport.se/omforbundet/Omoss/HallofFame/MedlemmariHallofFame/HenrikLarsso n/
The appointment was announced at the Parasport Federation’s general assembly on May 21, 2021, which was held digitally. Henrik will therefore receive his award at a later occasion when conditions allow.
The Swedish Billiard Federation and its board are immensely proud of “Henke”, one of our greatest representatives of all time, and we wish him the best of luck in his continued career.
Contact information
Eva Viding Bussell
President
The Swedish Billiard federation [email protected] +46 70 751 1287
The Swedish Billiard Federation (SBF) was formed in 1940 and are members of the National Body of Sports (RF) since 1974. We are a non-profit sports organisation who administrates the disciplines of pool, snooker, carambole and pyramid. We represent the sport and its members within RF. SBF also represents Sweden internationally through membership in the European billiard organisations CEB, EPBF and EBSA. www.biljardforbundet.se
Press release from the Swedish Billiard Federation
Stockholm, June 23, 2021
Henrik Larsson｜© DK/EPBF 2019
Henrik Larsson入選瑞典無障礙運動名人堂
瑞典撞球選手 Henrik Larsson 在今年的瑞典無障礙運動聯合會大會上因其在撞球運動和球界中的成就入選成為瑞典無障礙運動名人堂的第26位成員。
“Larsson 在其職業生涯中贏得包含6次世錦賽冠軍，12次歐錦賽冠軍等在內的許多重要賽事的冠軍，被認為是有史以來最偉大的輪椅運動員之一。他的天賦、精神與積極的態度激勵了新一代更多球員拾起球桿。
瑞典無障礙運動名人堂 (Swedish Parasport Federation) 旨在表彰那些通過在體育界或作為領導者方面的成就而在瑞典或國際無障礙運動方面中起著至關重要的作用的人。他們的目標還旨在為世界其他地方創建、保存和製作關於他們成就的歷史文獻。名人堂每兩年選舉一次。欲獲得提名，則被提名者須在其運動項目中擁有傲人的國際成績，並且是其在瑞典或國際無障礙運動的先驅者。被提名人還必須展現出其公平競爭和誠信，並為他人樹立榜樣。 在我們看來，Henrik 實至名歸。” 瑞典撞球協會代表說道。
CN/Alison