John Petersson

[[File:John Petersson.jpg|thumb|John Petersson President of European Paralympic Committee

Member of International Paralympic Committee

Member of the Danish Handicap-Federal Board of Directors

Former elite swimmer and six double paralympisk Gold winner from 1984-2000

]] John Petersson (born 22 January 1970, Copenhagen, Denmark) is president of the European Paralympic Committee and a former swimmer from Denmark. He is also one of the 12 members of the International Paralympic Committee and he has been a member of the Danish Handicap-Federal Board of Directors since 2000. Petersson is an accountant who studied at Copenhagen Business School.

Paralympics career
John Petersson participated for the first time at the Paralympic Games in 1984 and ended his career at the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000. It was during the games in 1988, that he by a journalist got nicknamed 'Piskeriset', which has kept by his side. John Petersson won a total of fifteen Paralympic medals in his career.
 * 5 Paralympic Games (1984-2000): 6 gold, 2 silver, 7 bronze, 6 world records
 * 3 World Championships (1986-1998): 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze, 4 world records
 * 1 European Championships (1995): 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

Awards

 * 2009: Danish Sports Award for People with an impairment by the Danish Minister of Culture and Sport

Personal life
Petersson is married and has two children.