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It has been a successful year for the fantastic Ebba Årsjö.
The para-athlete has lined up gold medals and been praised by most.
Now the 21-year-old comes with a heartbreaking confession after the great success.
The last year or so has been incredibly upheaval for young people Ebba Årsjö. She has completely broken through as a para-athlete and lined up one great success after another.
Årsjö’s great success
In 2022, it was both double gold in the WC and double gold in the Paralympics. At the Para WC this year, it would be even better with an incredible four WC golds from the 21-year-old.
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She was recently named “Female Athlete of the Year” at the Parasport Gala and it is the latest in a series of prestigious awards that she has received. Where the Victoria prize last summer is the one that weighs the most.
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The role model Ebba
Årsjö has also stepped forward as a great role model by openly talking about and showing off his injured leg in a highly noticed and appreciated picture on Instagram, see it below. Ebba was born with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and has severe muscle weakness in her right leg, which has affected her enormously while growing up.
– I should really be sitting at an office because the leg takes so much damage. It’s a balancing act. I get hurt, but everything I get out of the sport outweighs it. So far, it’s worth it. I really want to run another Paralympics, then we’ll see how long I can keep going. I keep going until my body says no. Or ah, the leg has said no for a long time, but I will keep going until it really can’t go anymore, she tells SportExpressen.
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Alongside her sporting successes, she has also recently found love. At the Sports Gala, she brought her two-year-older boyfriend, whom she wants to keep anonymous for the time being.
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“Afraid of it”
Ebba Årsjö admits that it is quite special to have now found love and talks about the horror from when she was little.
– It was something that I was afraid of throughout my upbringing, that I thought I would never find someone who would love me for who I was and how I looked. But when you grow up, you understand that it is not like that. The boys are also becoming more mature and adults, she says in the interview.
Growing up has been tough for Ebba and she has also been extremely frustrated by her weak leg. But today she feels completely different and looks at her situation with pride.
– I love my leg. I don’t want anything else but that, because that leg has made me who I am. Then it’s still the case that one out of three days I’m mad at my leg and hate it. I have days like that too, because it’s still really hard when it hurts or when it’s sunny and hot outside. I have to wear a medical compression stocking when I’m out. It is very tight and it gets very hot then, which is a pain in the ass. But even if I have hard days, I still love my leg, she tells the evening newspaper.
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